"Diego Xirinachs J." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hello list, > >Just joined because I want to make an Arch Linux mirror in Costa Rica, >but I am not sure if I can meet the requirements, mainly of bandwidth, >here is a short story: > >Currently at work there is a server I no longer have use for, its an HP > >proliant ML110G6. I would like this server to become an Arch mirror, >our >Internet connection here is 9Mbps/9Mbps. > >Questions: >- Is that bandwidth enough for a public mirror? >- Will setting up this server choke my network? I wouldn't consider that sufficient for a publicly-available mirror server personally; I think you'd likely find your connection rather slow if even one or two people with fast connections were downloading from it. >- Can I use the server for other stuff? say a web server for local >development or backup server? I wouldn't, personally; for public mirrors I prefer to use a box dedicated to that purpose with nothing potentially sensitive on. >- I have an Arch laptop, can I download packages from this mirror while > >I am at work using the private IP address? You could, yes. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ arch-mirrors mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-mirrors
