shaneG Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 I have 5 computers connected to the internet with independent 12 MB/S connections.The systems are connected via Hamachi, so each computer can access each other.Is it possible to make all 5 systems download the same torrent at the same time ?Thus making the file download at 60 MB/S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 No, it is basically impossible to gain a 100% speed addition from each one.You'll be lucky if 2 average about 150% the speed of 1.3 will be very lucky to be 180% the speed of 1.And even 5 may not reach 250% the speed of 1.This is because they will OFTEN download the same parts.On a VERY large torrent with multiple files, you could designate each computer to get different files...and then swap the parts among them all when they all get their section of files. This would require a lot of manual intervention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneG Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 I wasn't aiming for 100 % speed addition from each one.Just wanted to know if all 5 PCs could download a single file.And if there were any complications involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Many torrents have more than 5 peers/seeds on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneG Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 So, ther's no issue with using more than one client to download the same file ?I'm gonna download a 12 GB file across the 5 systems...Thanks for the quick reply.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 So long as these 5 computers aren't downloading to the same NAS, there's not likely to be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneG Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 NAS ? Wht does tht mean ?The 5 systems are connected to each other by Hamachi.... Tht's like emulating a LAN connection...So all systems can download to the hard disk of one of the systems.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Network Attached Storage = NASHaving all 5 download to the same hard disk location = instant file access violations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneG Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Is there any way to get around tht issue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Don't try to save all the files to the same location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneG Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Wht if it's one single file tht we're trying to download ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Still won't work.It doesn't matter how many files are in the torrent, if you try to save them to the same location on multiple clients, THEY WILL TRIP OVER EACH OTHER AND PUKE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 The words 'that' and 'what' have the letter 'a' in them, you know.Your idea absolutely will not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 The first client would grab "exclusive write access" for the file, the other 4 would get "access denied" error messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart1958 Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 If the five connections are seperate, put multiple net cards in one computer and connect them to it. I have 2 ISPs and have them both connected to my torrent computer and both download just fine this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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