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FS#60947 - {mirror} Hosting new tier 2 mirror

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Max Chesterfield (chestm007) - Saturday, 01 December 2018, 13:34 GMT
Last edited by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Sunday, 09 December 2018, 23:08 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Mirrors
Status Closed
Assigned To Florian Pritz (bluewind)
Johannes Löthberg (demize)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Hi, I'd like to contribute and host a repository mirror.
I've setup both http and rsync and tested that it works as expected locally so i hope i've done everything right by the community.
Please do let me know if there's anything else i need to do.

Mirror domain name: chestm007.ddns.net
Geographical location of the mirror (country): Canberra, Australia
URLs for supported access methods (http(s), rsync) (no ftp):
- https://chestm007.ddns.net/archlinux
- rsync://chestm007.ddns.net:873/archlinux
Your mirror's available bandwidth: Upload: 31.07 Mbit/s
An administrative contact email: chestm007@hotmail.com
(tier 2 mirrors) The name of tier 1 mirror you are syncing from: rsync://ftp.iinet.net.au/archlinux/
This task depends upon

Closed by  Florian Pritz (bluewind)
Sunday, 09 December 2018, 23:08 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Sunday, 09 December 2018, 21:02 GMT
That sounds an awful lot like a mirror hosted at home. 31Mbit/s sounds like other users that were to use your mirror would receive rather bad performance. What are common internet speeds in Australia? I'd rather not list a mirror that then provides bad performance for users.
Comment by Max Chesterfield (chestm007) - Sunday, 09 December 2018, 22:11 GMT
Hi, yes it is hosted at home, but by australian standards I have a pretty fast connection (average download speed according to speedtest.net is 32.24Mbps).
If you'd rather not list it I can reconfigure it as a local caching server, I just thought perhaps it might be of use to others.
Comment by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Sunday, 09 December 2018, 23:08 GMT
Sorry, but I'm not gonna list you. I appreciate the though, but I think adding a mirror with such a low bandwidth will just cause users to be unhappy, especially if multiple update at the same time because then the bandwidth they get from you will vary greatly. You're obviously welcome to continue using it yourself, but I don't feel like this provides sufficient value to be on our list. If we had no or very, very few mirrors in Australia the story would be different, but as it stands, I think we got enough coverage. Thanks though!

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