What exactly does "http.chunk-size" in the config file do?

[kookie99]

Hey, so I am just wondering exactly what difference increasing or decreasing the "http.chunk-size" value has upon downloading the content.

[kookie99]

I would also like to add "hash.chunk-size" as well to my question seeing as they are similar to each other.

[mikf]

They both influence memory buffer size (or chunk size).

http.chunk-size

Determines how much data gets stored in memory before it is written to disk. Higher values increase memory usage but might cause better disk I/O performance.

hash.chunk-size

Determines how much data is read from disk at once and stored in memory when computing hash digests. Higher values increase memory usage but might speed up hash computation.