From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 7 15:14:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B1C106566C for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:14:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.eggert@nokia.com) Received: from mail.fit.nokia.com (unknown [IPv6:2001:2060:40:1::123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F4E08FC17 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:14:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.eggert@nokia.com) Received: from [192.168.0.199] (cs95200.pp.htv.fi [212.90.95.200]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.fit.nokia.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n37FDaQD023754 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:14:28 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from lars.eggert@nokia.com) Message-Id: <33AEED2F-800F-4DE2-AAA5-8A8E60736426@nokia.com> From: Lars Eggert To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: <20090407145512.1EC781CC50@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Apple-Mail-13-964546681; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:14:27 +0300 References: <20090407145512.1EC781CC50@ptavv.es.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (mail.fit.nokia.com [195.148.124.194]); Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:14:29 +0300 (EEST) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-101.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL,USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on fit.nokia.com X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" , Julian Stacey Subject: Re: more automated fetch of ISO-IMAGES & ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:14:40 -0000 --Apple-Mail-13-964546681 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2009-4-7, at 17:55, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Use BitTorrent for all file distribution, it does all that. Yes, I'm >> half serious. > > Why only half? I have pulled FreeBSD ISOs via torrent and it was > stunning to see the performance. Half, because getting a BitTorrent infrastructure in place for the ports distfiles wold take a bit of effort. Lars > > The system I was loading it to had (at the time) only a fastE > (100Mbps), > but it loaded at a steady 90+ Mbps and spent a lot of time above > 95M. Now that I am connected from that system at 1000M, I should see > how > it does. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --Apple-Mail-13-964546681--