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by kbenson 1732 days ago
> The huge speed-ups for KySync are when it has 16+ threads on a 96 core system.

Only if you cherry pick the results and look only at 128MB files. At 512MB files, there is parity at 4 threads. At 2GB files there is almost parity at 2 threads, and significant gains at 4 threads.

> But if my computer has two cores

Then your CPU wasn't sold to you in recent years, as entry level desktop CPUs ship with 4 cores now and have for a couple years.

That said, if you're actually in this situation, then you just run zsync if it's faster. The existence of kysync isn't going to make it disappear or prevent you from using it, any more than zsync prevented rsync from being used.

I'm not sure the point you're trying to make. A new implementation of an existing protocol came out that allows for speed gains if certain criteria are met, which includes throwing more compute at it. It feels like you think this is a bad thing for some reason?

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Awesome improvements, congrats!