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FreeBSD sets new 1-day download record

Posted by Hemos on from the lotsa-files dept.

HerbieTMac writes "Congrats to FreeBSD for a new single day download record. Two terabytes (that's 2 trillion bytes!) from a single machine (ftp.freesoftware.com). This was brought about by the simultaneous release of RedHat 7 and FreeBSD 4.1.1."

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  1. I'm sure... by King+of+the+World · · Score: 5
    I'm sure there are going to be much more informed posts talking about the merits of FreeBSD but really all it comes down to is the following which is to be read in a Keanu Reeves voice:

    Whoa.

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    --Giving to trolls for the benefit of us all
  2. 2 terabytes != 2 trillion bytes by Ded+Bob · · Score: 5

    Don't start doing what the hard drive manufacturers started doing. When we are talking about small values, it does not really matter. At these levels it can mean a big difference.

    2 terabytes = 2199023255552 bytes

    To find out how much you are off:
    2199023255552 - 2000000000000 = 199023255552 bytes

    This is 185.35 GB which is a lot of data just in itself.