2010/9/18 Stefan Erik Wilkens <stefanwilkens@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2010/9/18 Guus Snijders <gsnijders@xxxxxxxxx>: >> On 17-09-10 09:34, Stefan Erik Wilkens wrote: >>> >>> Well then the situation is rather simple, isn't it. >>> >>> If the amount of traffic a private local mirror generates for the >>> official mirror is greater than the amount of traffic that any local >>> clients (excluding any "other purposes" unrelated to the sync process >>> of course) generate for this local mirror, then obviously something is >>> very wrong. This should be fairly easy to determine and fairly easy to >>> attack (sync less frequently, increase the amount of clients syncing >>> from your local server or perhaps give up the local mirror >>> completely). >> >> Stefan, i think you'd better read the post you responded to. It looks like >> Nathan's "local" mirror is actually an official mirror... >> >> If i understood correctly, he was just being curious what was supposed to be >> wrong with the mentioned script. ;) > > I checked the current mirrorlist before replying, correct me if I'm > wrong but I can't find any entry relating to the domain Nathan > included in his mailing, nor is he listed as a tier1 on the > developer's wiki. Maybe I've missed something painfully obvious here? yes i think he is specifically asking what was _technically_ wrong with the aforementioned script from the wiki. which seems an appropriate question, given the circumstances of removal; if the only reason was to discourage the creation of local mirrors... well, to me at least, that seems a poor reason. i sympathize with some of the reasons for creating localized mirrors. in particular, when the mirror is located on a removable device it is especially useful... i did this to perform off-site installations, in addition to installing packages i needed when a connection wasn't available (ie. Nathan's train example) could a script be created that simply spreads the load to _all_ the official mirrors? the DB files could be pulled from archlinux.org, but the packages could be retrieved from all mirrors in parallel... or what is the core problem here? C Anthony
