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manigandham
on Jan 9, 2023
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CDC File Transfer
What does this have to do with TCP being reliable?
raverbashing
on Jan 9, 2023
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If TCP was reliable enough, then these chuncked transfers wouldn't need to be used
manigandham
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These chunked transfers are used to efficiently sync only the changed parts of the file. The actual network traffic is still over TCP. You're conflating several layers and abstractions.
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