On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:11:27PM -0500, Jeff Licquia wrote: > On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 13:16, Otto Wyss wrote: > > > A large mirror in Australia does provide an rsync server to access debian > > > packages. When redhat 7.0 came out so many people tried to rsync it at the > > > same time, the machine promptly fell over. > > > > > What amazes me is that nobody is able or willing to provide any figures. > > So I guess no provider of an rsync server is interested in this subject > > and therefore it can't be a big problem. > > ...or, more likely, they are too busy maintaining their rsync servers to > respond (or even follow the traffic on a list like this one). > > The rest of us are trying to impress upon you the possibility that it > might be a big problem, as we've heard that it is in the past. As > flimsy as anecdotal evidence is, it certainly beats proof by assertion. Agreed. I used to run debian.midco.net (which sadly no longer exists now that I no longer work at midco.net). That machine was a dual processor PII with 70 GB of RAID disk; it was a news server for a while before it was pressed into service as a mirror. IOW, it was a decent machine in its day. d.m.n was a primary push mirror and provided anon rsync access to the world, but with a 15 connection limit. Any more than that and apache became resource starved, and when you're trying to act as a primary HTTP mirror for apt, that's not good. I don't have stats as d.m.n has been dead for almost two years now, but I can assure you that rsync, while quite cool, can be dangerous in large doses. Regards, -- Nathan Norman - Micromuse Ltd. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com Gil-galad was an Elven-king. | The Fellowship Of him the harpers sadly sing: | of the last whose realm was fair and free | the Ring between the Mountains and the Sea. | J.R.R. Tolkien
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