Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:58:02 +0200 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.4 upcoming release/timetabling/mirroring Message-ID: <20010911105802.A323@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> In-Reply-To: <20010911094153.C56165@skriver.dk>; from jesper@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:41:53AM %2B0200 References: <jkh@freebsd.org> <200109102245.AAA00160@mother.ludd.luth.se> <20010911094153.C56165@skriver.dk>
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On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:41:53AM +0200, Jesper Skriver wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 12:45:37AM +0200, Mattias Pantzare wrote: > > We still have to agree on what amount of space one have to have available to > > have a complete mirror, and give mirror maintainers time to get more space > > when we realise that things are going to grow. Is is impossible to agree to > > be a complete mirror without that information. > > I agree, I just had to do a "emergency" upgrade of ftp.dk.FreeBSD.org > when it's former 65 GB RAID5 thingy ran out of space during the 4.4-RC* > run ... > > If we can decide that a tier1 mirror is required to have, say 100 > GB available, then it's up to the release engineer to ensure that > no more than 98 GB is on ftp-master, thus ensuring that the > mirrors won't run out of space. I like that idea. BTW, port distfiles represent a significative percentage of a FreeBSD mirror's storage needs (near 12GB and growing). Couldn't the distfiles be moved to a different archive? IMHO, port distfiles are not an "official" part of FreeBSD, since they are not required for installing FreeBSD or even for building ports. The distfiles archive is useful, indeed, but I think that carrying them should not be a requirement for being declared "complete FreeBSD mirror". Also, I remember that building a new "FreeBSD-archive" was discussed a few months ago. That FreeBSD-archive would store "old" FreeBSD bits (what's old and what's not?). Maybe that archive could also include the port distfiles. Cheers, JMA -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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