Oh, by the way: What's "mirror age, daily stats" at the mirror list? I'm increasing the sync rate to once an hour. -------------------- Roelf Software software.roelf.org www.roelf.org -------------------- Op 7 apr. 2011 om 16:58 heeft Roelf Wichertjes <info at roelf.org> het volgende geschreven: > I've got the bandwith and speed for it, > I once pulled all 7 install iso's (at the same time) from a high ranked mirror, it took me 16 min. > Then did the same but now used my mirror, it took me 15 min. > My bandwith is enough. > Ps. I know what a busy server is. > I get a bonus from my host if i have a lot of traffic. > I forgot the tier of the site and i removed the --delete flag. > (my mail software is broken and the webmail i'm using can't handle the e-mail format of the list-admin, so i can't read the mail in which he told me the tier). > > I'm ready for it! > > > -------------------- > Roelf Software > software.roelf.org > www.roelf.org > -------------------- > > Op 6 apr. 2011 om 20:42 heeft "Paul Stewart" <pstewart at nexicomgroup.net> het volgende geschreven: > >> I'm curious as to what a busy mirror is... >> >> We are currently delivering about 60GB a day of CentOS files... does >> that put us at the bottom or near the top? ;) >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-mirror-bounces at centos.org >> [mailto:centos-mirror-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of J.H. >> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:37 PM >> To: Mailing list for CentOS mirrors. >> Subject: Re: [CentOS-mirror] 5.6 is coming closer >> >> On 04/05/2011 01:52 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: >>> On 04/05/2011 12:30 PM, Roelf Wichertjes wrote: >>>> >>>> Maybe a idea, >>>> Why not choose the least busy ones, >>>> Say there are 100 mirrors, 5 are busy and 5 almost unused >>>> Isn't it a better idea to let the 5 busy and the 5 unbusy pull from >> centos.org >>>> And have the other 90 pull from the 5 unbusy? >>>> That should even the load better. >>>>> On 04/05/2011 10:20 AM, Prof. P. Sriram wrote: >>>>>> Maybe it's been discussed before, but would it not be worthwhile to >> do a >>>>>> DNS based thing for this? We create a temporary rsync source domain >>>>> >>>>> Thats quite a lot of work, I'm more keen on having ACL's in place >> that >>>>> only allow some specific mirrors ( maybe the 100 busiest ones ) to >> pull >>>>> from centos.org; and have everyone else pull from them. >>> >>> >>> from 'busy' -i meant more like kernel.org / heanet.ie or >> mirrorservice.org >>> >>> - KB >> >> Tiering the mirror distribution is pretty common, and honestly makes >> things a *LOT* easier for everyone. I agree with the sentiments already >> stated, automation is what makes this all doable. Removing things like >> --delete from your mirrors, is just a PITA. Yes accidental upstream >> removals will happen, but if the mirror infrastructure is structured >> well it will propagate out and the fix will propagate out quickly. >> >> The way I've normally seen it is a small number (say 10) mirrors are >> allowed to pull form the master machines, and servers are then >> encouraged / forced to pull from those tier 1 mirrors. This means the >> tier 1's can pull more often from the upstream, and everyone else can >> make better use of the 1 & 10 gbps (and associated big hardware) links >> some of the bigger mirrors have. Personally I think it's worthwhile, >> and it's not too hard to implement. >> >> Keep in mind that the 'busier' servers (kernel.org at least) are in a >> better position (hardware / bandwidth) to support a greater number of >> people pulling from them. I would guess many of those "unused" mirrors >> may not be able to support the deluge you could potentially be pointing >> at them, this isn't universal but it's something to be aware of. >> >> - John 'Warthog9' Hawley >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-mirror mailing list >> CentOS-mirror at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS-mirror mailing list >> CentOS-mirror at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror