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diff --git a/doc/bugs/smarter_flood_filling.mdwn b/doc/bugs/smarter_flood_filling.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 47b6942c7..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/smarter_flood_filling.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -The assistant performs a flood fill, sending every file to every remote -that will have it. This is naive, but it's a good way to ensure the file -gets to every corner of the repo network that it possibly can. - -However, this means that locally paired computers will still upload files -to a transfer repo, even when they're next to each other and that -is a massive waste of bandwidth. - -It occurred to me this morning that there is a simple change that can avoid -this. - -1. Ensure that locally paired computers have a lower cost than network - transfer remotes. (done) -2. When queuing uploads, queue transfers to the lowest cost remotes first. - (already done) -3. Just before starting a transfer, re-check if the transfer is still wanted. - (done) - -> [[done]] - -Now, unnecessary transfers to tranfer repos are avoided if it can send -the file locally instead. - -It doesn't solve it for all network topologies of course. If there -are three computers paired in a line "A --- B --- C", and all 3 share -a transfer repo, A will still send to both B and the transfer repo -even though B can reach C via a faster route. - -See also: [[assistant does not always use repo cost info when queueing downloads]] - -[[!tag /design/assistant]] |