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From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
To: Robert Shady <rls@server.id.net>
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Subject: Re: Mirroring ftp.freebsd.org effectively
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On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, Robert Shady wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure what the "official" word on mirroring the FreeBSD archives
> is, but 'mirror' puts a pretty heavy load on the server it's mirroring.

    Hmmmm... maybe I'll just keep the frozen stuff around and not
bother with -CVS, -current and -stable.  Mirror updates are taking 8
hours a day now, for just the FreeBSD stuff (and mirror 2.8 still eats
up 50 to 60MB of core!).
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
Systems Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"