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Re: [PLUG] Local Mirrors?
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JP Toto wrote:
>
> Michael C. Toren wrote:
> >>- If there are significant costs... would folks be willing to pony up a
> >>small membership fee annually to offset the cost of having their own
> >>local mirror to use for rsyncing, apt-updating, and ISO downloading?
> >
> >
> > There could easily be significant costs, but it's difficult to quantify
> > without estimating how much traffic the mirror would generate, which is
> > also difficult to do. My biggest question, though, is what would be the
> > advantages over using a freely available public mirror that exists today?
> > Is there a shortage of gentoo mirrors?
>
> There isn't really a shortage that I can see... but the gentoo mirrors
> are strained a little. I can't speak for other distros but I imagine
> some of the debian mirrors might get bogged down a little. The advantage
> to having a local plug mirror would be for plugers to use for rsyncing,
> apt-getting, and iso downloading. I just thought I would gauge interest.
> If the costs would outweigh the benefits then I can understand.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -mct
Anybody tried out BitTorrent? Maybe the people who have full time
connections could pool together to sponsor some additional BitTorrent
bandwidth. This alleviates the purchasing bandwidth issue, but doesn't
guarantee any level of service either.
--
Kevin Brosius
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