From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 21 16:26:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E34B16A41F for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:26:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from blake.polstra.com (blake.polstra.com [64.81.189.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8889443D45 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:26:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from strings.polstra.com (strings.polstra.com [64.81.189.67]) by blake.polstra.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8LGQf1S095983 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:26:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@strings.polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by strings.polstra.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j8LGQfMT000620; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:26:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20050914083438.GB2536@straylight.m.ringlet.net> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:26:40 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra To: Peter Pentchev Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Monitor mirror status via 'mirmon'? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:26:43 -0000 On 14-Sep-2005 Peter Pentchev wrote: > In an out-of-band discussion related to ftp/www/cvsup.bg.FreeBSD.org, > George Danchev mentioned 'mirmon', a utility for monitoring the > 'up-to-dateness' of project mirror sites based on the timestamp of > a file touched hourly on the master site: > > http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/henkp/mirmon/ > > Would it be a good idea to run something like that for the FreeBSD > mirrors? I think a file with a timestamp updated hourly would not > put too much stress on the mirrors. Sorry to weigh in so late on this. I just got home from vacation. It sounds like a good idea to me. The extra load on the mirrors would be negligible. John From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 21 16:43:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E07E16A41F for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:43:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danchev@spnet.net) Received: from mail.data.bg (mail.data.bg [195.149.248.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CFBB43D49 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:43:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danchev@spnet.net) Received: (qmail 8373 invoked by uid 104); 21 Sep 2005 16:43:39 -0000 Received: from danchev@spnet.net by mail by uid 104 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 2.20. uvscan: v4.1.40/v4100. Clear:SA:0(0/0):. Processed in 3.057316 secs); 21 Sep 2005 16:43:39 -0000 X-Spam-Tag-Score: SA:0(0/0): X-Spamassassin-Hits: 0 X-Spamassassin-Tests: Received: from unknown (HELO danchev5.ddns.homelan.bg) (83.97.29.75) by smtp.data.bg with SMTP; 21 Sep 2005 16:43:36 -0000 From: George Danchev To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:43:35 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200509211943.35799.danchev@spnet.net> Subject: Re: Monitor mirror status via 'mirmon'? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:43:42 -0000 On Wednesday 21 September 2005 19:26, John Polstra wrote: > On 14-Sep-2005 Peter Pentchev wrote: > > In an out-of-band discussion related to ftp/www/cvsup.bg.FreeBSD.org, > > George Danchev mentioned 'mirmon', a utility for monitoring the > > 'up-to-dateness' of project mirror sites based on the timestamp of > > a file touched hourly on the master site: > > > > http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/henkp/mirmon/ > > > > Would it be a good idea to run something like that for the FreeBSD > > mirrors? I think a file with a timestamp updated hourly would not > > put too much stress on the mirrors. > > Sorry to weigh in so late on this. I just got home from vacation. > It sounds like a good idea to me. The extra load on the mirrors > would be negligible. FWIW I think it should be hosted official like mirmon.FreeBSD.org (or mirrorstatus?), whilst mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org should stay as is. Another example is http://mirrors.freesbie.org/ -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 fingerprint 1AE7 7C66 0A26 5BFF DF22 5D55 1C57 0C89 0E4B D0AB