I've worked at trading firms where the "reference data master" file is usually a big json or equivalent.

To get the file out to 100s or 1000s of machine they would often use private bittorent to distribute the file out.

ehe78qhe 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've seen this used for distributing container images in networks with awkward network topologies (e.g. a lot of bandwidth within a site or sub-site but limited bandwidth to central registries)

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mococa 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same here. Inspired by both, I used to delivery videos over torrent to in door machines since at that time, there's no CDNs (or it was difficult to get one).

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mitxela 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As a private network, they have the option of multicast.

	▲	alexpotato 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		When I retire and/or get "F You" money, I'm going to publicly tell a story about multicast, bittorrent and "not invented here" syndrome.