We’re running out of internet - Steam Game Caching Server

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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:26 What is caching?
2:59 What’s changed since our last Steam cache?
3:46 The hardware
6:30 We get creative
9:08 One small problem
10:43 Booting it up
12:15 Editing the config
14:33 Our first test
16:00 The boys quarrel
17:05 Take two
19:17 Live test on location at the WHALE LAN and conclusion

[SaintDorado]

"That's 1MB/sec" - That is literally my normal internet speed. On a good day.

[ConceptCentral]

I wonder what generates more heat in this scenario... the PC's, or the sweaty gamers?

[LNRDR]

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[bransonstevens]

I swear every time Linus and Jake are in a video together it's like two brothers arguing for the entire length of the video and I love it.

[NetDive]

you know, after having gigabit internet, it *is* really hard to go back. it's a lot like having an SSD and going back to a HDD speed-wise

[paulbrooks]

This kind of experience is only marginally different than the average IT project. Every new piece of software is simple. Every implementation takes 3-4x longer than expected.

[clancas]

Surprising to see this - we did exactly this back in good ol 2001-2009 era. We basically had zipped copies of all installs on a webserver and everyone would get it from there. In the odd case where we needed something new, the admin would simply go out to the internet and provide it on the portal page.

[Metalliferous]

I tried setting this up at LAN parties a couple of years ago, definetely more hassle and also DNS would crap out at some point. Glad to see it is now a lot smoother operation.

[cobymcnamee]

Love when you guys dive deep into actual IT components rather than just pc builds or talking about new consumer products! Don’t get me wrong I love them too but these types of videos grasp my attention

[jirijirka]

One quick tip, from fellow Lanparty organizer. Configure your router to steal all traffic for dstport 53 and redirect it to this cache! Mikrotik can do that. So many people will leave static configuration of their DNS and that will keep you wondering why the cache do not work... No matter how many times, you tell (even IT) people to configure DNS from DHCP they will not do it, because they are too lazy ;-)

[hansdietrich]

The most impressive part here is probably Linux handeling all the caching and hardware control perfectly out of the box and for free

[GrandmasCamera]

I love it when LTT delves into these highly technical projects. Who'd have thought this is how LAN events might be setup.

[TazerXI]

Linus: 8mb/s is slow
My internet half the time: "not too bad'

[deadneck]

JAKE'S JOB DESCRIPTION IS JUST PERFECT RIGHT NOW. I love when he just sort of helps Linus and Linus gets miffed.

[kkonti]

Learning how old Jake is now I am really envious of him to know so much in the server space and having such a cool job

[nihalrahman]

linus: has an IT problem
also linus: *gets free enterprise grade servers from mega-corporations*




wow thanks everyone who liked and commented on this comment.

[blinky]

Formerly at the small ISP I manage we accomplished the same thing using a company called Qwilt. It was a game changer when we only had a small amount of backhaul. Once we upgraded our backhaul to way more that our subscriber base could use we decommissioned the server. It was so nice having about 100TB of cached content. Windows updates, Playstation and Xbox games as well as Netflix and many more video streaming sites. I've never seen PS4 games download that quick on any other network.

[captainspirou]

I always hated requiring internet for local LAN play. I remember the days when we had LAN parties specifically because it was the fastest connection between computers.

[divyam._.maheshwari]

"We're running out of Internet"

*I literally tell myself this every day*

[ghosted-_-]

Linus and his tradition to drop things never gets old