Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:10:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@gwdg.de> To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Cc: kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU Subject: Re: New TLD mirror site Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0407230207550.20274@gwdu05.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0407230146320.20274@gwdu05.gwdg.de> References: <20040722152448.GB21666@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0407230146320.20274@gwdu05.gwdg.de>
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Hi, On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Ken Smith wrote: > > > I was given a heads-up that one of our current TLD mirror sites will > > be cutting back on their services so we should find a replacement. > > > > If you are currently not a TLD site (ftpX.freebsd.org, as opposed to > > ftpX.CC.freebsd.org) but feel your site would make a good TLD site > > please send a message to "mirror-admin@freebsd.org" to say you are > > interested. It wouldn't hurt to say you're interested no matter > > where you are but the final decision will be based on: > > > > - Non-US based site slightly preferred, the one being replaced > > is non-US and I am still interested in having the TLD sites > > not be US-centric as they had been in the past. > > > > - Full mirror, should carry everything. > > > > - Good network connectivity on a global basis, relatively high > > limit on bandwidth consumption and number of user connects. > > > > - Sync with one of the master sites at least twice a day. > > > > - Existing and well established official mirror sites preferred. > > > > The other times we have needed to do this I got several offers from > > excellent sites so the final decision was difficult and was more or > > less done by tossing coins... :-) So, please do not be offended if > > you say you are interested but your site is not chosen - it should not > > be taken as any reflection on the quality of your site. > > > > We'll make the decision in about a week. Thanks. > > Well, I am sure ftp.gwdg.de is an "excellent site" within your stated > aspects, but from a "german" view, ftp.gwdg.de (Daniel Lang) I am very sorry. Must read ftp.leo.de (Daniel Lang) > should qualify before ftp.gwdg.de because his server is running FreeBSD. > Iam running Linux "only" in the sense of some participants here.. ;-)) Cheers -e -- Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de, em@kki.org)
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