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Date:      Fri, 18 Oct 2002 17:18:13 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au>
Cc:        mirror-maintainer@mirror.averse.net, hubs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftp-master access to HP-internal ftp mirror?
Message-ID:  <20021018171813.A43615@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0210160647380.21457-100000@sunburn.dstc.edu.au>; from jason@dstc.edu.au on Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 07:00:36AM %2B1000
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210152144140.26202-100000@spam.averse.net> <Pine.GSO.4.44.0210160647380.21457-100000@sunburn.dstc.edu.au>

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On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 07:00:36AM +1000, jason andrade wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 mirror-maintainer@mirror.averse.net wrote:
> 
> > > and one of our internal ftp-mirrors to get access to ftp-master
> > > so that he can directly mirror from ftp-master for fast access
> > > to any stuff onto our (HP) internal ftp mirror site.
> > > How should I arrange this?
> > > Wilko
> > > (see also http://testdrive.compaq.com etc)
> >
> > Do they actually need up to the minute/hour access to the ftp repository?
> >
> > My take is that, given limited resources, only the major public mirrors
> > require direct access to ftp-master and everyone else, including private
> > mirrors and smaller public mirrors, can select the closest available
> > mirror.
> 
> i'm normally pretty pedantic about this too, but for large vendors supporting
> freebsd, i always think it is good to make exceptions in the interests of
> promoting freebsd..
> 
> ftp-master access to an internal HP archive to support a userbase of > 100K
> users seems quite reasonable.

That was my thinking, yes. This guy also runs the testdrive.[hp,compaq].com
machines, and that same group has supplied quite some Alpha machines to 
FreeBSD.org

I have to admit I'm slightly biased, as I A. work for Digital^WCompaq^WHP and B. 
was instrumental in getting HPQ to donate the machines.

Wilko

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