Re: bandwidth and space required to sync a basic mirror
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:31:00PM -0500, anarcat wrote:
> I was wondering what were the basic requirements for running a mirror
> these days.
>
> Here is the information that I found:
You can also find stats provided by mirrors at:
https://wiki.debian.org/Statistics
> Disk space
> ==========
[..]
> However, it is not clear how disk space is growing, so provisionning
> such a server, even in the medium term (a year) could be difficult.
Indeed, either provided by mirror team or ftp-masters.
> Bandwidth for updates
> =====================
[..]
> [2]: https://ftp-master.debian.org/size-quarter.png
Same as above, would be more reliable on dak side I think (or we need to parse
rsync logs).
> Bandwidth for users
> ===================
>
> I assume this is the hardest part to figure out, as this will vary
> wildly according to the region you're in and the relative popularity of
> your mirror.
We could measure the bandwidth on http.d.n (assuming it will get the most part
of incoming requests).
> The official mirror page[3] states that you need a "T1 or better" (for
> the record and those who weren't around in those days, a T1 is
> 1.5Mbit/s). I hardly think this requirement is fit for a public mirror
> these days. :)
Yeah, updated, thanks for the notice, replaced with 100Mbps.
> The official page does mention this requirement is "higher" for "developped
> countries", but fails to clarify that requirement.
I may mention 1Gbps
> [3]: http://www.debian.org/mirror/official.en.html
>
> Of course, this is hard to figure out. But pointers about how the
> biggest *and* the smaller mirrors per continent generally take right now
> would be useful. Again, bandwidth graphs would be incredibly useful.
https://wiki.debian.org/Statistics
--
Simon Paillard
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