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'''If the goal is to check bandwidth between two machines then [[CentOS 8.x iperf3|iperf3]] has better options to the same without getting into setting up webserver and a large file to download.''' | |||
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CentOS 7.x parallel command line download
For parallel download in centOS 7.x install aria2 package and use aria2c command as follows:
yum -y install aria2 aria2c -x 16 http://centos.excellmedia.net/6/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.9-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso
Here, -16 refers to number of parallel threads that should be used for downloading given file / URL.
If the goal is to check bandwidth between two machines then iperf3 has better options to the same without getting into setting up webserver and a large file to download.
