New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by yankcrime » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 11:32 AM UTC

New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution
blog.ipfs.io

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by tyingq » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 12:42 PM UTC

"Web 2.0"

Hadn't seen that gem for a while.

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by anonsivalley652 » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 1:23 PM UTC

Yay. I last used ipfs for leeching abandonware around November. Although it had a tough time getting started and it would occasionally freeze up for several minutes, it worked well when it worked. It's seems to be getting better from when I first tried it.

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by jude- » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 1:24 PM UTC

Would be curious to know how using IPFS for internal container distribution compares to using BitTorrent. IIRC BitTorrent has found similar uses in the past.

Also, how well does BitSwap work when the underlying network is congested? Do IPFS nodes do any kind of congestion control?

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by jungong » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 1:30 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #2

"Web 2.0" Hadn't seen that gem for a while.

3.0, no?

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by pjc50 » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 1:33 PM UTC

Netflix use IPFS? That's quite an endorsement and makes me take it a lot more seriously.

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by js4ever » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 1:54 PM UTC

I'm shocked to see IPFS used to make something Faster...

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by nolok » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 1:56 PM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #6

Netflix use IPFS? That's quite an endorsement and makes me take it a lot more seriously.

I don't disagree, but what they use it for, at what scale and at what priority matters a lot

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by DaniFong » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 2:01 PM UTC

js4ever wrote: post #7

I'm shocked to see IPFS used to make something Faster...

it's remarkable! a bootstrap technique to improve time coherence -- what an innovation!

Re: New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster container image distribution

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Post by musingsole » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 2:01 PM UTC

nolok wrote: post #8

pjc50 wrote: post #6

Netflix use IPFS? That's quite an endorsement and makes me take it a lot more seriously.

I don't disagree, but what they use it for, at what scale and at what priority matters a lot

Read the article? They were experimenting with using IPFS to distribute container images across AWS regions. And they do it at Netflix scale...