Solving the File Sync Bottleneck in tests: How Torrenting Could Be the Answer - Part 1

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

At my job, one recurring technical challenge has been syncing massive files—often ranging from 10GB to 20GB—across multiple servers. We’re essentially copying over large iso files around to various servers. The current process still somewhat works but it is bandwidth-intensive, and increasingly difficult to manage as our the number of servers we need to sync this large file grows. Traditional solutions like rsync or SCP work, but they don’t scale well when the same file needs to be pushed to dozens of machines.

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Solving the File Sync Bottleneck in tests: How Torrenting Could Be the Answer - Part 1