[CentOS-mirror] mirrormanager: Database conversion

Wed Nov 9 05:04:15 UTC 2011
Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com>

On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 04:05:59PM -0600, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> On 07.11.2011 06:40, Matt Domsch wrote:
> >> http,ftp,rsync: The URLs the mirror is at
> > 
> > HostCategoryURL, two types: public (default), and private for other
> > downstream mirrors to use.  Not sure these are actually used.
> 
> Hmm? Does not compute: Those are the actual URLs of the mirror content.

easy to misparse my comment. :-(  HostCategoryURLs are used
extensively, yes. The private flag on them (so they're only visible to
other mirrors downstream of you via the SiteToSite tree), not so much.


> >> bandwidth: Actual bandwidth. Not needed.
> > 
> > MM does need this, an integer value in Mbps (100 = 100Mbps uplink).  Host.bandwidth_int.
> 
> Okay. As this is free form for us, this needs normalizing, then.

When I first implemented this for Fedora, I cheated by setting the
value to 100 for everyone, then going back and adjusting to the
correct value if and when one was known.
 
> 
> >> state: more detailed state
> > 
> > ?
> 
> The reason why it was disabled (lagging, non-responsive and so on.
> Nobody really uses that).

gotcha.  MM doesn't have a reason field, the crawler just marks dirs
as not up-to-date.

> I guess something like Releases would be best here? 4, 5, 6, 7 ... We
> don't have anything else.

Seems sane.

> > Host.countries_allowed = list of countries allowed.  e.g. a mirror in
> > .il may want to only serve users in .il.
> 
> Hmmm. Okay, I can understand that in countries with few mirrors.

or limited connectivity to other countries, such that it would be
expensive to serve users outside.

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
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