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Old 02-06-2014, 02:32 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by cybmole View Post
ok - so you are describing proper servers, I am describing peer-to-peer PCs on a network.

I assume the OP is running some "server" software on a normal PC which I guess falls somewhere between the two.. if I run something like plex media server on my home network and request a video stream to my PS3, then plex on the "server" PC will do all the conversion work, and it's CPU will get hammered.. but you don't stream epubs....

anyway I still don't see the benefit, or the time saving, of not downloading the whole eobok file- we're talking kilobytes, not Gigabytes
Pretty easy to set up a proper server, really... You install it like any program. And the server explicitly allows certain things to be done on behalf of the client, depending on the server and configuration, even here. Peer-to-peer fileshares are totally different, yes. And the Content server has nothing to do with them, as it is a server, not a networked drive.
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