Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:33:47 +1000 (EST) From: jason andrade <jason@rtfmconsult.com> To: David Brown <davebr@loganbrown.com> Cc: hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running a freeBSD mirror in Switzerland? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.50.0302121528460.21048-100000@luna.rtfmconsult.com> In-Reply-To: <20030212061825.C19911@perfiliate.com> References: <20030212061825.C19911@perfiliate.com>
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, David Brown wrote: > Do you need additional mirrors for www/ftp.freebsd.org? i'll let jesper respond to this, but large freebsd mirrors are always welcome i'd say. > What are the bandwidth requirements? it depends on a combination of how many local users are going to hit your server plus how many other people you are going to allow to use the pipe. in general (depending on local circumstances) it would not be advisable to run a tier1 freebsd mirror on less than a 10Mbit pipe and 100Mbit would be much better for a full public site. at peak times here during the freebsd release cycle it can use all the bandwidth there is and then some (i would estimate several gigabit/s worldwide) so more is always helpful. > I am a freebsd user and have a big internet pipe in Switzerland so would be > interested in being mirror number 3 in Switzerland. you should also speak to mirrors 1 and 2 to establish whether they'd like to devolve some of the traffic, in particular if you are prepared to run a full site (and they aren't). it would also be good if you could seed your mirror from a local site or contemplate updating from an existing local mirror. there are some documents on the freebsd website that establish the requirements for mirroring (i can't remember the exact URL, sorry) the short version is that you should have at least 100G of disk and more than that would be good. -jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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