On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 18:49 -0700, Roberto Galoppini wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Peter Pöml <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Am 03.04.2012 um 18:17 schrieb Roberto Galoppini: > > >> We at SourceForge have worked the last ten days to line-up dedicated > > >> infrastructure (including CDN services) to support the upcoming AOO > > >> download serving test. > > > > > > I can hardly believe reading this! What's going on? We have an existing > > (and well working) mirror network, that handles any required load just > > fine. It's proven and time-tested. It has survived all releases with ease. > > By all calculation, and by practical experience, the combined upload > > capacity of the mirrors is sufficient to satisfy the peak download demand > > as well as the sustained demand. By the way, the "peak download demand" > > doesn't really differ a lot from the day-to-day download demand, contrary > > to public belief. The mirrors are numerous and spread around the world, and > > the chance of a client being sent to a close and fast mirror is good - > > better than with a handful of mirrors as is the case with the Sourceforge > > mirror network. Sourceforge specializes in something different - providing > > a myriad of small files by a set of specialized mirrors. "Normal", plain > > simple mirrors can't take part in this network as far as I can tell. Even > > though the network was considerably extended a few years ago, from 10 > > (under 10?) to >20 mirrors, this is still a small number of mirrors. (Even > > though these are power-mirrors, but those are part of our existing mirror > > network just as well.) > > > > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > I don't think anyone is proposing to toss out MirrorBrain. The > > most-recent conversations have been about how we can make our download > > page farm out to all three: Apache, MirrorBrain and SourceForge. The > > idea would be that we would have sufficient capacity even with the > > failure of any one network. > > > > Another consideration is this: We know that the administrative site > > of the Apache mirror network is reliably staffed. I believe that > > SourceForge is reliably staffed. > > > Our SiteOp are available 24X7X52, a level of support required to serve over > 15 million downloads per week, over 2 Pb data per month. > We actually decided to buy CDNs to provide an additional capacity should it > be required, and we are using this week to test and collect data to be used > to optimize the infrastructure to serve the launch peak. > > Advertising revenues actually enables us to subsidize burst capacity > through those CDNs, not differently from what happened recently with the > stabilization of both the templates and extensions sites.
Hi Roberto, I was wondering about that. When I download an extension, no ads. Download a template Ads. How was that decided or rather what is the rational for the different behavior? Best wishes, //drew > > We worked hard also to provide stats and other data feeds that will help > the Apache Open Office folks see the operating systems, geographic > locations, and general makeup of their downloaders. You might have a look > at the documentation we just updated at: > > http://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Download%20Stats%20API/ > > Roberto > > > > > But what about our MirrorBrain > > usage? How many people on the AOO project know all the details about > > publishing to the network? If we had to do a release -- say a > > security patch -- and you were on vacation, do we have the ability to > > do it? > > > > Regards, > > > > -Rob > > > > ==== > This e- mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above. It > may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the > intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately > notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the message and any > attachment(s) from your system. Thank you.
