[CentOS-devel] Getting there faster

Fri Nov 8 22:45:44 UTC 2013
Bryan Seitz <seitz at bsd-unix.net>

On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 10:20:24PM +0000, Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> On 08/11/13 22:00, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > hi Guys
> > 
> > One of the key problems we need to solve / resolve and do so with some
> > level of urgency is the mirror problem : How do we get content 'out
> > there' fast enough to reduce the time-to-release lag. Typically, from
> > the time everything is ready to go and the release notes / release email
> > are done, it takes 3 days to get to a releaseable stage for the mirror
> > network.
> > 
> > The rsync tree that we are using at this point is clearly not
> > good-enough ( either because of how we use it, or because of what it is
> > and how it works ). Also, release time activity and how donors react to
> > them makes it tricky to rely on specific nodes - something we really
> > need to get to in order to improve the rsync tree cascading setup we
> > have in place.
> > 
> > Thoughts, ideas ? Discuss!
> > 
> > - KB
> > 
> 
> How about some sort of private bittorrent network?

Indeed this was my idea as well.  Get a nice master with gig/10g and party on wayne.

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Bryan G. Seitz