Thanks Tony, I think I get it now.
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HB
"Anthony R. Gold" wrote:
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> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:47:01 -0800, HugoBeetle
> <HugoBeetle@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
> > Thanks Both. Tony I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. Say I had
> > PC1 and PC2 and was using FS to keep files on both. You seem to be saying
> > that if PC2 was unavailable then the data would end up going through the MS
> > servers but where would it be going? Sorry if I am missing something obvious
> > here.
>
> 1) The files of a library are never stored by Microsoft and so no data can
> ever flow unless two machines are online at the same time such that the one
> with the newer file(s) is able to transfer them to machines that need them.
>
> 2) The issue of P2P is not where the files are stored but how they are
> transferred. If one of the machines has an open port to allow incoming
> connections then any two machines can establish mutual communications using
> P2P, and that is faster. If the machines are unable to communicate using
> P2P then they can still exchange files, but then the data must be relayed
> by the Microsoft FS servers, and that will be slower.
>
> This information is what I have gleaned from some years of FS use and I
> believe it to be correct but I am not sure it is documented by Microsoft.
>
> Tony
>