On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 05:34:24PM -0400, Alejandro Bonilla wrote: > Hi there, > > I was planning on purchasing some HD's and hardware to make a release mirror > or a apt-get mirror for Debian users... you know, to be of some help like > others have done.
Go for it! > Because of my limited bandwidth, 1mb/512 or 2mb/1mb I was thinking that I > could do a local mirror for my country (Costa Rica) to provide releases of > Debian Full CD's or for an apt repo. Maybe Sid's? > > Sorry for asking here, I have no idea where else, (I could actually browse the > whole mailing list directory for a better place, but maybe is OK here. The debian-mentors list comes to mind see http://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror see also http://volatile.debian.net/mirroring.html > What is maybe more needed to give, a mirror for release or for Sid? > How many GB or TB would be needed to make a Sid mirror? I'm guessing several (four?) DVDs per arch. > Can this be done by putting a cluster with 2-3 P3-512MB RAM systems? > Should I better use a Dual-Core system? > Is more hardware needed? Although some of the big mirrors, like the sunsites of the world, do indeed have this kind of hardware, I think you can get a starter kit that's smaller ;) > What other service could I give to the local or global Debian? > > Thanks for your time. > > .Alejandro Regards, Paddy -- Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]