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		manigandham on Jan 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CDC File Transfer What does this have to do with TCP being reliable?

raverbashing on Jan 9, 2023 [–]

If TCP was reliable enough, then these chuncked transfers wouldn't need to be used

manigandham on Jan 10, 2023 | [–]

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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