Re: The ABI recompile & CDs
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jeff Bailey wrote:
> > My guess is that the average upload per day will be about 50
> > MB. This is based on my experience of what happens to the Debian
> > ftp network when there is a big pulse. Let alone problems people
> > like me have who maintain a partial mirror with a 56k modem (except
> > in emergencies). So we may need a temporary staging area.
This always happens to me, there was a big pulse last night and AFAIK the
mirrors coped, but has not always been the case.
> Okay. You have a better feel than I do for how much data this takes.
> There's currently 5GB free on alpha.gnu.org - so perhaps that will be
> the best staging area.
Best be safe. At the best it would act as a buffer to insulate the
build rate from the upload rate. At the worst it could act as a
storage area. Also we may want to have greater control of what is
uploaded when.
>
> Do you have an login account on there? That ftp server has a limit of
> 10 users (or something low like that to keep the T1 usable). I think
> that you probably shouldn't have to compete with other people to try
> and get the CD built.
That would be a good idea. Can someone advise me how to go about this?
Phil.
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