X-Git-Url: https://git.immae.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=FAQ.md;h=7e2b3339ccdcccdc5569bd9a6ae01f267ecd0453;hb=ed9f9f5fb04437b8dcf164fd0ae9c29b90826096;hp=dd69f3e8e2b5c337451c92d97204978823756c69;hpb=3266ad7cf8ff10d0fdae456196eff1653cc7ac21;p=github%2FChocobozzz%2FPeerTube.git diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index dd69f3e8e..7e2b3339c 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # FAQ -## If nobody watch a video, is it seeded? +## If nobody watches a video, is it seeded? Yes, the origin server always seeds videos uploaded on it through [Webseed](http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0019.html). @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ It is a BitTorrent extension that allow a server to seed a file through HTTP. It ## If a client requests each chunk of a video through HTTP, the server be overloaded! -Not really. Reverse proxy like Nginx handle very well requests of static files. In my tests it can send chunks at 10MB/s without consuming more than 5% of CPU on a very small VPS. +Not really. Reverse proxies like Nginx handle very well requests of static files. In my tests it can send chunks at 10MB/s without consuming more than 5% of CPU on a very small VPS. -## An index of all videos of the network won't be too large for small servers? +## An index of all videos of servers you follow won't be too large for small servers? No, 1000000 videos will represent around 2GB on PostgreSQL. It is acceptable for a video platform. @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ No, 1000000 videos will represent around 2GB on PostgreSQL. It is acceptable for WEBM, MP4 or OGV videos. -## I want to change my host or move to HTTPS, how can I do? +## I want to change my host or move to HTTPS, how can I do that? -If you already have friends you need to quit them. -Then, update your configuration and run `NODE_ENV=production npm run update-host` to update the torrent files. +If you already have followers, you can't. + +If you don't: update your configuration and run `NODE_ENV=production npm run update-host` to update the torrent files.