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| author |  http://sunny256.sunbase.org/ <sunny256@web> | 2013-01-22 21:50:10 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2013-01-22 21:50:10 +0000 |
| commit | 1bb7e8c8bb3b9865e9f9cba75aa6aa4061227432 (patch) | |
| tree | f5bc547f8f8feb903022f6246245f5a1b9474a66 | |
| parent | ae9f7bb62fa5076201242d15492b3222f69e0ae0 (diff) | |
Add bandwidth limiting option to the wishlist
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/wishlist:_Option_to_specify_max_transfer_rate.mdwn | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_Option_to_specify_max_transfer_rate.mdwn b/doc/todo/wishlist:_Option_to_specify_max_transfer_rate.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3ecb42197 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_Option_to_specify_max_transfer_rate.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +A big part of my online use is done via a low-speed connection over my mobile phone, this is limited to 16KB/sec because I always use up my 500MB quota the very first day of the month. `;-/` So when I need to download big files, I first download them to my online server, then transfer the files to my laptop with git-annex. If I'm connected via GSM, this occupies all the bandwidth and everything else moves like a heavily sedated slug. So if I want to work via VNC or SSH, I have to terminate ongoing transfers with Ctrl-C and then hopefully remember to restart it when I work locally. I know git-annex is robust enough to handle this gracefully, but it would be really nice to have a continuous connection going on in the background, limited to a value I choose. + +rsync(1) has a `--bwlimit` (bandwidth limit) where you can specify max download/upload speed in kilobytes/sec. It would be great if a similar option was integrated into git-annex. Thanks in advance. |