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Accelerator is a Microsoft Windows-based client-server implementation and protocol for transferring files using the user datagram protocol (UDP). Accelerator allows you to rapidly transfer large files of any content type (text, video, audio) efficiently across a data network.
Accelerator is a Microsoft Windows-based client-server implementation and protocol for transferring files using the user datagram protocol (UDP). Accelerator allows you to rapidly transfer large files of any content type (text, video, audio) efficiently across a data network.
Xiant is currently searching for IT professionals and members of the technology community to participate in a free technology preview of a command line version of Accelerator. Our primary goals during the preview are to:
- Understand how well Accelerator addresses your file transfer needs, and
- Identify additional features that would be required to make Accelerator a valuable addition to your organization's environment.
To participate in the technology preview, send us your contact information so we can send download instructions via email. Note that Accelerator does not depend upon the Xiant network for file transfers.
- Specify the file send rate (initial, minimum, and maximum) with each transfer request.
- Automatically adjust the send rate—within defined minimum and maximum thresholds—in response to experienced latency to make the most efficient use of available bandwidth.
- Leverage the "send and forget" nature of UDP to improve transfer performance, but with increased transfer reliability by re-sending lost packets and re-ordering out-of-order packets as needed.
- Efficiently transfer files over a high packet loss, high latency network (over a satellite data connection, for example).
- Gracefully transition from one file to the next for multi-file transfers with little-to-no inefficiency due to transfer ramp-up.
- Transfer an actively growing file that hasn't finished being written.
- Accelerator is a Windows-only solution, compatible with the following 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 2003, and 2008.
- Files to be transferred need to be accessible to the Accelerator server as well as each client. To prevent unexpected latency, the source directory should be located on the Accelerator server. Additionally, each client needs to have access to the destination directory.
- Accelerator does not secure transferred files, so files could be intercepted during transfer. Limit your experimentation with the application only to secure network environments using non-sensitive files.
- Accelerator does not authenticate transfer requests: any client that can access a server host could request to transfer any file accessible to that server.
- Accelerator is an active file transfer solution that utilizes non-standard ports: the Accelerator client dynamically opens a port and sends a transfer request to the server, and the server utilizes a nonstandard port by default. You may need to modify your network configuration to allow these ports.
- Depending upon your network configuration, you may need to explicitly allow UDP traffic in order for Accelerator to transfer files (UDP is sometimes disabled).
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