| US 7,539,762 B2 | ||
| Method, system and program product for determining an initial number of connections for a multi-source file download | ||
| Jeffrey M. Achtermann, Austin, Tex. (US); Todd J. Gerlach, Austin, Tex. (US); Nikhil Gupta, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); and Liliana Orozco, Del Valle, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/464,661. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0043774 A1, Feb. 21, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—228 [709/227; 709/229; 709/218] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A method in data processing system of determining a number of connections to initially utilize for a download of a target
data file from a set of plurality of servers, said method comprising:
determining a maximum number of initial connections based at least in part upon a number of servers available to serve a target
data file to be downloaded;
determining a size of the target data file; and
determining the number of initial connections to utilize for a download of the target data file based at least in part upon
the maximum number of initial connections, the size of the target data file, and a chunk size of one or more chunks into which
the target data file is to be decomposed.
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