robbat2 10/04/28 21:05:48 Modified: rsync.xml Log: The details on hardware requirements have not been updated in years, nor have the bandwidth requirements of a main rotation server.
Revision Changes Path 1.59 xml/htdocs/doc/en/rsync.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/rsync.xml?rev=1.59&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/rsync.xml?rev=1.59&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/rsync.xml?r1=1.58&r2=1.59 Index: rsync.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/rsync.xml,v retrieving revision 1.58 retrieving revision 1.59 diff -p -w -b -B -u -u -r1.58 -r1.59 --- rsync.xml 27 Dec 2007 17:22:19 -0000 1.58 +++ rsync.xml 28 Apr 2010 21:05:48 -0000 1.59 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/rsync.xml,v 1.58 2007/12/27 17:22:19 fox2mike Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/rsync.xml,v 1.59 2010/04/28 21:05:48 robbat2 Exp $ --> <guide link="/doc/en/rsync.xml" lang="en"> <title>Gentoo Linux rsync Mirrors Policy and Guide</title> @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ mirror. <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>3.6</version> -<date>2006-12-28</date> +<version>3.7</version> +<date>2010-04-28</date> <chapter> <title>Preliminaries</title> @@ -50,22 +50,22 @@ meant to cut traffic costs and latency f <p> At this time, we have enough community mirrors and are actively seeking -additional main rotation mirrors. Specifications for main rotation servers -include: +additional main rotation mirrors. Hardware specifications for main rotation +servers include: </p> <ul> - <li>Minimum of a 2GHz Pentium 4 processor (or equivalent)</li> - <li>Minimum of 1GB RAM (1.5GB - 2GB is ideal)</li> - <li>10GB of disk space (IDE is fine)</li> + <li>Minimum of a 2GHz Pentium 4 processor (64-bit preferred)</li> + <li>Minimum of 2GB RAM (3GB - 4GB is ideal)</li> + <li>15GB of disk space (IDE/SATA is fine)</li> </ul> <p> -These servers may be donated with bandwidth and colocation space if you have -them. Otherwise, we can provide these services and you can simply ship the -machine to our colocation facility. Average bandwidth consumption for a main -rotation mirror is currently ~7Mbps (around 2 TB per month). As the number of -main rotation mirrors increases, this number should decrease accordingly. +You would maintain physical possession ownership of the hardware, and keep it +online in your own colocation space. Average bandwidth consumption for each +main rotation mirror is currently ~10Mbit/sec (around 2.6 TiB per month). As +the number of main rotation mirrors increases, this number should decrease +accordingly. </p> <p>
