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IPFS and (hopefully) immortal models
I think I've figured out enough of IPFS to try uploading a model and see if it will share.
With Wayne's permission I've repackaged one of his models (Mark B Medium) and put it on IPFS. The URL is: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPABBt3fyzbXAW..._Cardmodel.pdf If I could have a volunteer or two to try and download the model (it's 11 Mb in total). If you'd be so kind as to report how it went here. The documentation says this should work in most modern browsers. Regards, Charlie ps. The benefit of IPFS is that the files become immortal since they are stored as pieces scattered across many machines on the Internet. |
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Just downloaded it Charlie. Took a few seconds to buffer at the start, but then zipped along nicely. I am in a slow area, but it took about 30 seconds to complete.
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I think the buffering pause is the IPFS system figuring out where to gather all the pieces from. My original file seems to be in 41 pieces now scattered across many peers. Regards, Charlie |
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I have downloaded it without any problem. Only few seconds for download the 29 pages of the file.
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Downloaded in 2 seconds with no problems.
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No problem downloading. Nice model!
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Dear charlie
in up sate NY Dell Optplex 960 too just over a second to downloan took 2 min to get it to save to desk top Looked at some of the pages chrisp collors and lines will use it as a test of my new printer also Thanks Miles
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All but instant in both Firefox & Seamonkey.
... now if the library on Asimov's Trantor had only known about the immortality bit it would have solved their problems with decaying electronic records ... |
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Thank you all for your help.
I hadn't realised that IPFS was fast on download. It took a bit of digging in their documentation but it's quite smart under the hood. In effect when you request a file the software figures out where to find the pieces and you get these arriving almost in parallel. I think my next step is to see if can deliver a multi-component file like an html page with images, etc - the documentation says you can but I haven't figured out how to do that yet. 11Mb in a few seconds implies pretty impressive download rates. It might depend on where the peers are located. Maurice probably got quick download because there are lots of peers in SE Australia and pretty good connectivity. I did like the Trantor comment - a favourite set of books (Foundation trilogy) when I was much younger. I believe Isaac Asimov had something in common with HG Wells - no woman was safe in his vicinity. Regards, Charlie |
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I forgot to mention that the download was almost instantaneous (maybe a second) here in Carlisle PA both on my PC and my MacAir.
Don |
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