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Zsync based Delta Updates

Zsync

Is it actually working?

{% hint style="warning" %} We have been asked why we prefer soar update over appimageupdatetool or zsync

  1. The statment here is misleading: https://github.com/AppImageCommunity/AppImageUpdate/blob/d08e085cc6d40bcda85c4ff4ff275a0b0ce444cc/README.md?plain=1#L39
  2. In our testing, we found almost all appimages that have zsync updateinfo embedded, use the full bandwidth regardless
  3. Soar Update is not only better, but actually checks for version prior to wasting any bandwidth along with comparing Checksums
  4. Below, you can verify it yourself {% endhint %}

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soar add "vnstat#bin" "vnstatd#bin"

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  • Run vnstatd (Terminal: 1, Keep it Running)

{% hint style="info" %} Applies only if you didn't install it systemwide & used soar

#Get the Default Config
curl -qfsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vergoh/vnstat/master/cfg/vnstat.conf" -o "./vnstat.conf"

#Run this in a terminal, call it Terminal 1
sudo "$(which vnstatd)" --alwaysadd --nodaemon --sync --config "./vnstat.conf"

{% endhint %}

vnstatd running in Terminal 1

  • Monitor Live Traffic (Terminal: 2, Keep it Running)

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#Run this in another terminal, call it Terminal 2
vnstat --live

{% endcode %}

vnstat running in Terminal 2

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#Get the Size of your AppImage (NOTE this somewhere)
du -sh "/path/to/your/appimage"

#Run appimageupdatetool (while still keeping Terminal 1 & 2 Running)
appimageupdatetool "/path/to/your/appimage"

{% endcode %}

  • Stop vnstat & vnstatd (Press Ctrl + C)

rx shows total bandwidth

  • Notice the Size of Original AppImage & Total Bandwidth used

QBittorrent using full bandwidth regardless of "delta" updates

  • Re Run the entire test, but this time use soar update

{% hint style="info" %}

  • Notice, it only uses little to no bandwidth to compare the version to our remote repositories
  • Notice, if update is found, both zsync-appimages & soar update use equal bandwidth. There's no actual Delta Update for zsync-appimages {% endhint %}