Re: snapshot.debian.net
On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 10:37:48PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> > I wonder if snapshot shouldn't be promoted to an official debian.*org*
> > service in recognition of its value to the project.
>
> Summarizing the discussion so far:
>
> (1) drain of funds / should Debian really purchase disk space of that size?
> (1.4TB, growing and growing...)
> (2) there is also the morgue (60G but only goes back a few months)
> (3) snapshot.d.n is useful for security - so far only source was used for
> this purpose
> (4) for various purposes, old binaries also seem useful; especially since
> the old binaries can not (easily) be regenerated from the sources.
> (5) the indexing is really nice (compared with what the morgue offers)
>
> Comments:
> - why not leave it where it is now, just add the DNS alias
> - How much *does* Debian spend on resources right now? Not much, afaict -
> most resources are sponsored by somebody (as is current
> snapshot.debian.net).
It sounds to me like snapshot.debian.{org,net} would be a pretty good
candidate for sponsorship by a storage company that is Linux friendly.
Surely Linux talking to one metric crapload of disk would serve as a great
reference site for said company (EMC springs to mind, just because I know
they're a storage company). Perhaps Branden should attempt to approach such
companies with his DPL had on to see if any are interested in coming to the
party?
> - to limit the growth: keep x years of binaries, y years of source, and
> rely on past Debian releases for the really ancient stuff.
>
> Conclusion: so far, I get the feeling that snapshot is a service that would
> be missed if it were discontinued, so I think 'awarding' it a debian.org
> alias is justified.
>
> NOTE I haven't spoken Fumitoshi Ukai, who is maintaining snapshot.d.n
> afaict, so maybe he has totally different views.
>
> so long
> -- vbi
>
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