Re: [Mldonkey-users] alternate temp file system, plz

[Andre Hinrichs]

Hi!

Splitting the files into separate chunks have disadvantages and advantages.
We could collect them here. I start with...

Disadvantages:
1) previewing files are more complex
2) committing takes more time

Advantages:
1) downloading file derivates doesn't need much disk space until committing
2) calculating checksums could be done when a chunk is finished or altered
This could probably decrease the number of file derivates.

BTW, does anybody know why there are sometimes that many derivates of a file?
I have seen some, where there are 40 and more!!! where there are some chunks 
with the same checksum and others not.

Andre


On Sunday 12 October 2003 19:53, devein wrote:
> hi!
> 
> i've been just testing cvs 2.5-4 on cygwin... click on ed2k link (110MB)
> and.... everything almost hangs because mldonkey writes empty bytes to /temp
> directory... (FS : fat32).
> clicking on ed2k links (!) with 700MB files: tragedy...
> 
> this happens also on  other filesystems... ( for example on ext2)
> 
> my proposition: emule temp file system, or other (split a file into 9.28
> chunks?) which doesnt have to write entire empty files ...
> of course, this should be an option...
> 
> emule-style would also lure some emule users to test mldonkey :]  (even
> mldonkey & x/emule in the same directory)
> 
> 
> it there anyone able to write such code ?
> 
> devein