On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 18:04 +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I.e. I'd claim Fedora to require a > > minimum bandwidth: ~300kb/s > > recommended bandwidth >= 1000kb/s > > 350 kbps = ~ 3.5 GB a day. In an ideal world, yes. => ~1GB / working day (8hrs) => < ~500MB per "uptime" for users booting for "a couple of hours a day". In practice, real world bandwidth is below this. > Not sure what problems are you talking about. If you update an existing Fedora installation once a week, you'll observe one update to typically be in the order of "some 100MBs" (occasionally several 100MBs). > Slow mirrors maybe? Yes, this is one issue, but there are others. For example: * broken mirrors * periodic interrupts on DSL each 24hrs (=> Downloading isos is a matter of syncs between these interrupts) * other network load (downloading isn't the only usage of a system) * mirrors being updated (and temporarily corrupted) right midst of a "yum update". > Your fast connection wouldn't make them faster. Sorry - No, bandwidth makes a HUGE difference. The whole "way of working with Fedora" changes upon available bandwidth. > I suspect some location-related problems (does the mirror list differs > based on IP/reverse DNS name/etc?). Or maybe your DSL line is way > slower than marketed? With my 512 kbps DSL I can easily get the 64-bit > DVD image in 24 hrs, let alone openoffice. Now change to some X000 DSL - You'll probably very soon notice what I said above. Or change to ISDN/modem ... (ca. 1/10th of the bandwidth you currently have) - Any major update is becoming a killer, in such situations. > Perhaps you should switch to night updates? If yum was working reliable, this would have been an option to me. I resorted to "weekly updates" on weekends and "selective updates" throughout weekdays. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
