Hi, On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 07:54:04PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Simon Paillard said: > > We already have a network of almost 400 packages mirrors around the world. > > Using http.d.n, provides the CDN layer (not as much as optimal as anycast), > > so > > we don't need to sort ourselves peering issues etc. > > The mirrors do a very good job of being near to our users in most cases > (we have had some difficulty with things like security mirror coverage, > but that's not your issue). I know many people are happy with http.d.n, > but you have to understand that it's not the same thing at all as a CDN - > it's a single host, and it's in a single location. Time to first byte > will still suffer if you're coming from Australia.
Obviously, it's due to current unsponsored deployment. * For a package of several kB, the first bytes (actually ~800B, measured) are not meaningful * Our ([email protected]) is to have http.d.n made official so that we can have an instance like on each continent, then use GeoDNS, like security.d.o mirrors, to achieve 2 goals: avoid SPOF, be closer to users. -- Simon Paillard mirrors team member -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
