Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 01:20:18 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> To: Carl Harris <ceharris@cns.vt.edu>, freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp4.freebsd.org down Message-ID: <l03102802b042205e5b66@[194.45.188.81]> In-Reply-To: <199709142053.QAA08931@thumper.cns.vt.edu>
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At 22:53 Uhr +0200 14.09.1997, Carl Harris wrote: >ftp4.freebsd.org (a.k.a. ftp.cslab.vt.edu) is down while I try to put >the pieces back together -- it suffered a major disk crash. Hopefully, >it won't be down for more than a few days. > >In attempting to rebuild our mirrors of FreeBSD, NetBSD, and others I >have once again come to the conclusion that 'mirror', the Perl script, >seems wholly unsuited to the task of maintaining *large* mirrors. I >recall seeing a post to this list (or perhaps freebsd-announce) about >a new official mirror that mentioned a mirroring software package. >However, I can't seem to find that post anywhere. Can someone bounce >a copy of that post to me? Or better yet, offer suggestions of better >software to take care of this task -- I find it hard to believe that >ftp mirrors the world over are getting by with 'mirror'. Personally, I use a C++ program named cwftp; it definitly has some flaws, but works find for me (on ~400 MB/2000 files). I think this doesn't count as "large". A (not very recent) version can be found at ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/ ; if you're interested in it, I believe the author has done some work on it recently. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Promo Datentechnik | Tel. +49-40-851744-0 + Systemberatung GmbH | Fax. +49-40-851744-44 Eduardstrasse 46-48 | e-mail: stefan@Promo.DE D-20257 Hamburg | http://www.Promo.DE/
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