System and method for dropping slow connections during a multi-connection download

摘要

A method, system, and computer-usable medium for dropping slow connections during a multi-connection download. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a download manager establishes a predetermined number of connections between a client and a predetermined number of servers. The download manager sets a minimum threshold data transfer rate for the client for a particular connection and drops a first connection that is transferring data at a rate below the minimum threshold if an overall transfer rate of a download after dropping the first connection is greater than the predetermined number of connections times the minimum threshold data transfer rate.