On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 20:31, Mihael Pranjić <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it just me or are most of the arch mirrors outdated/slow-syncing? I > sync every hour and its always the same. When there is a KDE update or > so all the mirrors get outdated. This was a problem with the old > mirroring scheme, and to me it seems to be the same now. Is this a > problem with few Tier-1 mirrors or is archlinux.org still overstrained > when there are huge updates?
Not all mirrors switched to multi-tier scheme yet, however these are limited in bandwidth compared to tier1 mirrors, so syncing from tier 1 mirror should not be slow. According to mirror status page [1] the delay for manyof mirrors is not that bad, however I did not check these numbers during major repo updates. > I am ready to set up rsync and allow 10-20 mirrors (start with 10 and > see how it works with the bandwidth) in Europe, preferred Germany - if > this can help us get our mirrors synced fast even with such updates. We already have 2 tier1 mirrors in Germany and 1 in UK, so I don't know if there is a need for another one, so feedback from potential tier2 mirrors would be welcome. > I think a bleeding-edge linux distribution should definitely not have > issues with slow syncs. When there is a security update or an update > like KDE it should be out there as fast as possible, no matter which > mirror you use. Do you suggest to increase sync time to less than 1 hour? Perhaps we could try that. To every mirror admin subscribed to this list: please voice your opinion on the issues raised in this mail. Since you are the guys that provide the service - it is important for us to provide you with possibilities to make it better. [1] https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus;orderby=delay;sort=asc -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич) _______________________________________________ arch-mirrors mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-mirrors
