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 -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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