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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by 0x006A on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:42PM (#14868710)
ipfs overhad is still way to big. also 26TB not 25gb.
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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by aw3c2 on Thursday July 27, 2017 @05:03PM (#14869501)
Overhead in what aspect?
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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by 0x006A on Friday July 28, 2017 @01:48AM (#14872251)
besides the mentioned duplication of all files, the dht network chatter to announce a large repository by default produces many TB of traffic a month.
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Re:Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription... by imtringued on Thursday July 27, 2017 @07:22PM (#14870632)
Adding files to IPFS creates a copy of the file in their blockstore implementation. The new filestore should have solved this problem but I haven't used it yet.
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