Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 07:00:36 +1000 (EST) From: jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> To: mirror-maintainer@mirror.averse.net Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, <hubs@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ftp-master access to HP-internal ftp mirror? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0210160647380.21457-100000@sunburn.dstc.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210152144140.26202-100000@spam.averse.net>
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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. regards, -jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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