On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 05:23:17PM +0200, Michel Deriaz wrote: > - How many mirror servers do you rely on for the distribution of your > Linux distributions, and how many belong to you? See http://www.debian.org/mirror/list for a full list of public mirrors. As far as I know, no mirrors are under Debian's control, either. > - How are the mirror servers organized (hierarchically (i.e., mirror x > always downloads from mirror y), P2P, ...)? Hierarchically. Secondary mirrors download from Primary mirrors, which download from ftp-master.debian.org, all using rsync. There may be tertiary mirrors, I'm not sure about that part. > - What is the complete size of the distribution? http://www.debian.org/mirror/size > - How often are mirrors updated on average (e.g., once a day, variable)? Once a day. > - How much time can elapse between the moment you publish a new version > to the moment all mirror servers are up-to-date? http://mirror.debian.org/status.html > - How do you assure the compatibility between the different packages? Using package dependencies. -- EARTH smog | bricks AIR -- mud -- FIRE soda water | tequila WATER -- with thanks to fortune
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