[gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

[Kai Krakow]

Am Sun, 14 May 2017 01:28:55 +0100
schrieb lee <lee@××××××××.de>:

> Kai Krakow <hurikhan77@×××××.com> writes:
>
> > Am Sat, 29 Apr 2017 22:02:51 -0400
> > schrieb "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org>:
> >
> >>   Then there's always "sneakernet".  To quote Andrew Tanenbaum from
> >> 1981
> >>
>  [...]
> >
> > Hehe, with the improvements in internet connections nowadays, we
> > almost stopped transferring backups via sneakernet. Calculating the
> > transfer speed of the internet connection vs. the speed calculating
> > miles per hour, internet almost always won lately. :-)
> >
> > Most internet connections are faster than even USB sticks these
> > days.
>
> Wow, you must be living in some sort of paradise.  Here, internet is
> more like being cut off from the rest of the world.
>
> But then, there's a manufacturer that makes incredibly slow USB sticks
> which I won't buy anymore ...

Okay, it really depends. I shouldn't say "most"... ;-)

I compared my really crappy (but most reliable yet) old USB stick to my
internet connection. My USB stick doesn't do 48 MByte/s, more like 5-10.
And don't even ask when writing data.

Even my rusty hard disk (read: not SSD) has a hard time writing away a
big download with constantly high download rate.

But I guess that a good internet connection should be at least 50 MBit
these days.

And most USB sticks are really crappy at writing. That also counts when
you do not transfer the file via network. Of course, most DSL
connections have crappy upload speed, too. Only lately, Telekom offers
40 MBit upload connections in Germany.

I'm currently on a 400/25 MBit link and can saturate the link only with
proper servers like the Steam network which can deliver 48 MByte/s.


-- 
Regards,
Kai

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