Comments on: FOSS contribs from India… where are the local mirrors? http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: P1 Combo http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-326419 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:55:21 +0000 http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-326419 I had been wondering if perhaps you had further resources on this issue I had been wondering if perhaps you had further resources on this issue

]]> by: Sankarshan http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60929 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:20:31 +0000 http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60929 @Matt - so what does it require to get an exception flag going ? @Matt - so what does it require to get an exception flag going ?

]]> by: Matt Domsch http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60193 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:36:28 +0000 http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60193 I'm open to relaxing or making exceptions to the 100Mbit rule for Fedora public mirrors, particularly to serve regions that otherwise wouldn't have any mirrors at all. What I want to avoid is a bunch of people in well-connected countries offering to serve on their (relatively slow) DSL or cable modem line. In the US we have over 30 public mirrors with 100Mbit or Gigabit pipes, which is sufficient for the amount of traffic we're pushing. Thanks, Matt Domsch Fedora Mirror Wrangler I’m open to relaxing or making exceptions to the 100Mbit rule for Fedora public mirrors, particularly to serve regions that otherwise wouldn’t have any mirrors at all. What I want to avoid is a bunch of people in well-connected countries offering to serve on their (relatively slow) DSL or cable modem line. In the US we have over 30 public mirrors with 100Mbit or Gigabit pipes, which is sufficient for the amount of traffic we’re pushing.

Thanks,
Matt Domsch
Fedora Mirror Wrangler

]]> by: ckunte.com | “Where are the local mirrors?” http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60183 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:44:23 +0000 http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60183 [...] “Where are the local mirrors?” asks Indranil Das Gupta—a FOSS.in contributor and a mirror host. His post has interesting statistics from mirror.wbut.ac.in: The last stat, imho, tells the most interesting story. That 94.3% or 352.46 GB out of 373.68 GB comprised of ISOs. [...] […] “Where are the local mirrors?” asks Indranil Das Gupta—a FOSS.in contributor and a mirror host. His post has interesting statistics from mirror.wbut.ac.in: The last stat, imho, tells the most interesting story. That 94.3% or 352.46 GB out of 373.68 GB comprised of ISOs. […]

]]> by: Random Thoughts » Blog Archive » Local mirrors and stuff… http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60176 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:40:17 +0000 http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60176 [...] Last time there was a talk about connection quality is a hindrance towards encouraging FOSS contributions - it was hotly disputed. However, this is a step towards proving that wrong. [...] […] Last time there was a talk about connection quality is a hindrance towards encouraging FOSS contributions - it was hotly disputed. However, this is a step towards proving that wrong. […]

]]> by: susmit http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60171 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:07:08 +0000 http://indradg.randomink.org/blog/archives/82#comment-60171 Well. the mirror was done actually in August, only to support Fedora network install for install fests. Only the F7 iso s was there at first, nothing else and I remember how rsync was not working over the squid !!! We used wget to get all those packages into orca.wbut.ac.in and then scp would not work for that many files, saying filelist too long. I wrote a script to copy them to mirror, and lost all the timestamps of the packages. :( So we had to resync all those again. The mirror was ready, and when I was going to announce the mirror, the panel room got submerged and we had to wait for another 7 days. :). So naturally, We are very happy the mirror is living up the expectations. However, we also need a number of localised mirrors. Somebody wrote me from BBSR to send him a F8 DVD. I sent him a i386 by post. That was 15 days ago. The DVD is yet to reach him !!! Had there been a local mirror at BBSR, it could be much easier for all concerned. Well. the mirror was done actually in August, only to support Fedora network install for install fests.

Only the F7 iso s was there at first, nothing else and I remember how rsync was not
working over the squid !!!
We used wget to get all those packages into orca.wbut.ac.in and then scp would not work for that many files, saying filelist too long.
I wrote a script to copy them to mirror, and lost all the timestamps of the packages. :(
So we had to resync all those again. The mirror was ready, and when I was going to announce the mirror, the panel room got submerged and we had to wait for another 7 days. :) .
So naturally, We are very happy the mirror is living up the expectations.

However, we also need a number of localised mirrors.

Somebody wrote me from BBSR to send him a F8 DVD.
I sent him a i386 by post. That was 15 days ago. The DVD is yet to reach him !!!
Had there been a local mirror at BBSR, it could be much easier for all concerned.

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