Jeff Atwood talked about doing an ISP-to-ISP file transfer:
What is this? I tried Googling for it, but couldn't find anything. We have a need to transfer large amounts of data between two data centers, and this sounds interesting.
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He just meant he was transferring data between 2 servers behind large internet connections (OC-1, etc). Particularly between 2 datacenters which usually have internet connections in the measured in gbits.
I don't think he meant he was using some sort of special connection made. Just using the large bandwidth ports provided with the server to transfer the data.
Chad Moran
2009-02-19 17:17:21
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See also his recent blog post on The Economics of Bandwidth.
It basically means using the main internet backbones, rather than going through the standard channels.
Zhaph - Ben Duguid
2009-02-19 17:25:01
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FTP can be used to directly transfer data from one server to another, if the servers allow it. It is called proxy FTP or third-party FTP.
starblue
2009-02-19 17:33:13
If it is "directly", then, by definition, there is no proxy or third party.
bortzmeyer
2009-02-25 16:10:12
That is what it's called, I didn't choose the names. I can't explain "Proxy FTP", but for each client to server connection the other server is the third party.
starblue
2009-02-25 16:36:06
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FXP might be what you are thinking. The idea is your FTP client tells "FTP Server A" to go fetch a file from "FTP Server B". Great idea in theory, but it is pretty insecure and thus you never find an ISP with FXP enabled.
Cory R. King
2009-02-25 22:31:48
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You should look into using a UDT/UDP based delivery solution to shift the data between a couple of locations..
Pro2col
2010-02-09 09:02:44