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    Default I need a head-start on developing a split download

    Hello guys am very happy to be here in this forum and I hope you can help me with this project of mine that am working on. Its titled split download. Here am trying to Develop a download manager that will improve the downloading process, by splitting big files into different parts, and download each part of the file parallel and then combine them properly Just like JDownloader not really too complex like it though but more like it especially the split download part of it. I was able to get a script from some eBook but that doesn't really solve my problem as it only downloads pause and resumes which is not really what am looking for. Any kinda help will be appreciated here guys;. Thanks again


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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    What part(s) are you having problems with?

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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    I need the download manager to split any file into multiple pats and download them individually and after the download is complete then it can bring all parts together to form the same file , which am sure makes downloading faster. you get me now?

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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    If there is more than one thread doing a down load, the extra threads can interfere with each other and increase the total time to do the download.
    It can depend on the differences between the server speed, the internet connection speed and the PC's speed and number of cores.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    . . . you get me now?
    I pretty much got you the first time. I just don't understand what you want from us. What's your question?

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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    how then can I implement that with minimal resource consumption?

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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    resource consumption is different from thread contention.

    What is the objective?
    Do it faster?
    do it cheaper?
    or ???
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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    Thanks for your attention here bro. DO it faster is the main objective am aiming at.
    I really appreciate your response.

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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    Do some experimenting to see if parallel downloads can be faster than a single thread:
    Do you have code that will do a download of the file in a single thread?
    Add some code to it that times how long it takes.
    Do some downloads one at a time and save the times.
    Now execute the code in parallel with itself and collect the times.
    Look at the data and see which scheme loads bytes faster.

    For example
    single thread: 10M in 10 secs >> 10M/10s = 1M/sec
    dual threads: 2*10M in 15 secs >> 20M/15s = 1.33M/s << faster
    or
    dual threads: 2*10M in 25 secs >> 20M/25s = 0.8M/s << slower
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    Default Re: I need a head-start on developing a split download

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Do you have code that will do a download of the file in a single thread?
    Yes I do have a code that can do a single thread download. I will try your method and see how it works. thanks alot for your help.

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