Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 13:20:13 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, Lloyd Rennie <lloyd@vbc.net>, Patrick Gardella <patrick@whetstonelogic.com> Subject: Re: Mirror requirements Message-ID: <200003301820.NAA91182@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <20000330171143.A48758@skriver.dk>
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On 30-Mar-00 Jesper Skriver wrote: > On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 09:42:42AM -0500, Patrick Gardella wrote: >> Lloyd Rennie wrote: >> > >> > I sent this to -questions, but have received no reply. Sorry to bug >> > y'all, but... >> > >> > What are the hardware and bandwidth requirements to maintain a full >> > FreeBSD mirror site? >> >> Having asked this before, I can try to answer it... >> >> Hardware: Disk space to hold the parts you want to mirror. Are you >> looking to be just an FTP mirror, a WWW mirror (about 8 megs), a CVSUP >> mirror, or some combination of all of these? I would say that a safe >> bet would be an 8 gig HD for all of them. > > I keep a partial ftp mirror, and it barely fits 20 GB ... I was about to say. On ftp3.FreeBSD.org we use 3 9 Gb SCSI disks in a vinum stripe to hold just XFree86 and a partial mirror of FreeBSD and it runs at about 86% capacity. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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