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BitTorrent For Enterprise File Distribution?

Posted by Soulskill on from the make-it-so dept.

HotTuna writes "I'm responsible for a closed, private network of retail stores connected to our corporate office (and to each other) with IPsec over DSL, and no access to the public internet. We have about 4GB of disaster recovery files that need to be replicated at each site, and updated monthly. The challenge is that all the enterprise file replication tools out there seem to be client/server and not peer-to-peer. This crushes our bandwidth at the corporate office and leaves hundreds of 7Mb DSL connections (at the stores) virtually idle. I am dreaming of a tool which can 'seed' different parts of a file to different peers, and then have those peers exchange those parts, rapidly replicating the file across the entire network. Sounds like BitTorrent you say? Sure, except I would need to 'push' the files out, and not rely on users to click a torrent file at each site. I could imagine a homebrew tracker, with uTorrent and an RSS feed at each site, but that sounds a little too patchwork to fly by the CIO. What do you think? Is BitTorrent an appropriate protocol for file distribution in the business sector? If not, why not? If so, how would you implement it?"

8 of 291 comments (clear)

  1. Storm or some other botnet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ask a warez site.

    1. Re:Storm or some other botnet by vilgefortz · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's what he just did.

  2. No, you fool! by bistromath007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haven't you been reading the warnings around here about how bad it is for the Internet? If big business starts using BT we'll microwave the baby!

  3. Use existing technology by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 5, Funny

    CIOs are notoriously conservative. Any solution you suggest that involves building a solution from scratch will scare them. The solution is to use existing proven technology. In the MS Windows world, at least, root kits have been distributing updates successfully for years. You should be looking at simply modifying an existing root kit to your requirements.

  4. Re:Yes yes yes!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot: news for nerds, stiffs that matters.

  5. Re:Sneakernet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What to do if there is a fire on store property.pdf"

    Step one: turn off the computer.

    Oh crap! what's step two?

  6. But I thought the Enterprise used by unassimilatible · · Score: 3, Funny

    subspace for its communication needs.

    I'm confused.

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  7. Congressnet by Ostracus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey I resent that. None of my DVDs have ever taken a bribe.

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