From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 23:39:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4FB937B401 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thanatos.is.co.za (thanatos.is.co.za [196.4.160.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F4943FAF for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:39:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from geoffr@hermwas.is.co.za) Received: from hermwas.is.co.za (hermwas.is.co.za [196.23.0.8]) by thanatos.is.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id E00009BFB3; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:38:55 +0200 (SAST) Received: by hermwas.is.co.za (Postfix, from userid 1333) id ABFF530AFB; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:38:55 +0200 (SAT) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:38:55 +0200 From: Geoff Rehmet To: Ken Smith Message-ID: <20030729083855.B13802@hermwas.is.co.za> References: <20030727192724.GA10869@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030727192724.GA10869@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>; from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU on Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 03:27:24PM -0400 cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mirror Site Requirements - Final Draft? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Geoff Rehmet List-Id: FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:39:05 -0000 It seems that, on Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 03:27:24PM -0400, in message <20030727192724.GA10869@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>, Ken Smith wrote: > > I think this reflects our latest thoughts. If I missed let me know. Note > the distinction between Primary and Secondary doesn't really have any > "functional" meaning - it is just to help provide users with an indication > that a site *might* not have what they're looking for in the case of > a site being Secondary. Beta testers should also be able to use the > list of Primaries as a guide to where they're likely to find the pre-release > builds sooner versus later (or not at all). We can work a bit on fine > tuning what's available where later (see comment at the bottom). I haven't managed to read all the mails in this thread, however, I have one or two thoughts: - The splitting out of parts of the tree, so that primary servers do not need to carry everything that is on ftp-master is probably a good idea - the archive is growing to the size that is not justified by the volume of downloads that it generates. - Some thought should be taken towards ensuring that there is at least one primary mirror in each geographic region (probably on each continent). -- It is enough of a problem with the delays in syning, due to the high latency all the way from ftp-master. (Remember that in South Africa, we are dealing with at least 250ms, or more - up to 600ms - RTT to ftp-master, which seems to affect cvsup quite adversely. By having at least one primary mirror in country, that allows other mirrors in the country to get the bits quicker. My second comment must be seen in the light of the first. Regards, Geoff. -- Geoff Rehmet - New Business Development - Internet Solutions email: geoffr@is.co.za, geoff@is.co.za tel: +27-11-575-0426, fax/voicemail: +27-11-388-3205 mobile: +27-83-292-5800 www: http://www.is.co.za