Comment on Dropbox WebhooksparentComments−gumby12y"No reason Dropbox couldn't figure that out and have one machine download the file and then distribute over LAN."They could have each machine download a chunk and have them swap chunks locally. That would asymptote in time towards a single download.That would handle cases of the "one" machine going offline close to the end, or having it being the slowest machine available.−rhizome12yIn other words, a slightly more managed Bit Torrent.−ceejayoz12yThat's a great idea to handle those sorts of edge cases.
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"No reason Dropbox couldn't figure that out and have one machine download the file and then distribute over LAN."
They could have each machine download a chunk and have them swap chunks locally. That would asymptote in time towards a single download.
That would handle cases of the "one" machine going offline close to the end, or having it being the slowest machine available.
In other words, a slightly more managed Bit Torrent.
That's a great idea to handle those sorts of edge cases.