Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:52:43 -0500 (CDT) From: "mirrors@tds.net" <mirrors@tds.net> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitor mirror status via 'mirmon'? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0509142150490.16976-100000@meltdown.workpc.tds.net> In-Reply-To: <20050914091843.GA13437@eddie.nitro.dk>
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So, If only someone with access to the master server could add a "touch /var/ftp/pub/freebsd/TIMESTAMP" job to run every hour... Then at that point anyone can setup the mirmon stuff on any server.. Shane. On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2005.09.14 11:34:38 +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > > > In an out-of-band discussion related to ftp/www/cvsup.bg.FreeBSD.org, > > George Danchev mentioned 'mirmon', a utility for monitoring the > > 'up-to-dateness' of project mirror sites based on the timestamp of > > a file touched hourly on the master site: > > > > http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/henkp/mirmon/ > > > > Would it be a good idea to run something like that for the FreeBSD > > mirrors? I think a file with a timestamp updated hourly would not > > put too much stress on the mirrors. > > I think it would be a very good idea. I have been looking a bit at > doing it for the website, but I have never gotten around to doing > anything about it, and I don't really have the time at the moment > either. So IMO it would be great if somebody(tm) did something about > it :-). > >
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