Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:18:55 -0300 From: jonny@jonny.eng.br (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis) To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Subject: Re: Mirror Site Requirements... Message-ID: <20030716141855.GB35857@roma.coe.ufrj.br> In-Reply-To: <3F154C4A.5080807@tcoip.com.br> References: <20030712173332.GB14686@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <3F14147F.2010706@jonny.eng.br> <20030715203333.GA25714@roma.coe.ufrj.br> <20030715215327.GB23859@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <Pine.GSO.4.50.0307160919440.619-100000@luna.rtfmconsult.com> <3F154C4A.5080807@tcoip.com.br>
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Somebody told me that Daniel C. Sobral said:
> jason andrade wrote:
> >it is *much* better for mirrors to maintain a base level of consistency as
> >our research into mirror use here has shown that users are more likely to
> >use mirrors when they have stability in the process. any loss of stability
> >almost certainly leads to the majority defaulting back to their perceived
> >master site: ftp.freebsd.org and it takes a while for them to switch back
> >again (e.g build trust in the process again).
Very good point! And considering the stupid^H^H^H^H^H^Haverage
user, the "nearest server" routine would be handy, altough I confess I
do not have a perfect idea of how to implement this. It must not be
only a matter of RTT, but also of bandwidth and maybe link costs.
> >so to address the point - if rules come about they are being developed in
> >consultation with the community and should be consistently applied to all
> >mirrors.
>
> OTOH, we'd better do a consultation to find out how many mirrors won't
> be able to keep up with the standards we set upon, because if lose too
> many mirrors, maybe it's better to rethink the standards.
Risking to loose my mirror status, I have to agree here...
BTW: Could we devise some means to REQUIRE subscription of mirror
managers to some list, and remove mirrors who do not answer after some
time?
Jonny
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João Carlos Mendes Luís jonny@jonny.eng.br
Networking Engineer jonny@coe.ufrj.br
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