On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Roberto Galoppini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > we have been testing AOO downloads for about 10 days, below our findings: > > - downloads per day ( http://goo.gl/jKbnC ) > - info about geographies ( > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stats/map ) > - operating systems ( > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stats/os ) > > We spent the first days to tune our delivery system and facilities to > serve AOO downloads, We actually started by putting a CDN in place > that could grab files from our master mirror as its origin server, and > we learned we needed to pre-cache files to speed up downloads. Once > CDN was working properly, and we got those test results we updated the > test to servey we eventually switched to serve up these files from our > normal mirror network. As of today we updated also the download page, > now reporting the information formerly delivered by the download page > at Apache (e.g. http://goo.gl/WXSuk). > > > Our understanding based on the above data, and the expectations set by > the community prior to the test is that we are not serving all > downloads, (e.g. downloads.openoffice.org/es, automatic updater > downloads, etc) and it's unclear how many downloads are actually > served by different pages. We should probably try to route all > download traffic, so that we can provide more accurate download stats. >
Two other examples of pages that are hard coded to MirrorBrain: http://www.openoffice.org/da/ http://www.openoffice.org/no/ > We have tested our expanded mirror network, and burst CDN capacity, > and are confident that we are well positioned to serve much heavier > download traffic than is expected at release time. Since the traffic > will be high also be high for updates, we might take additional > precautions and continue to route auto updater downloads through > MirrorBrain, and use Apache and sourceforge.net mirrors as a backup. > > To the extent that sourceforge.net is the primary recomended download > source for AOO downloads we feel it is important to keep providing the > PPMC with accurate stats info (see above), also via API, as mentioned > before (see http://goo.gl/tTgZ6). If there is more download > statistical data that the PPMC would like to see, please let us know > so that we can try to meet those needs. > > Roberto > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Roberto Galoppini <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Please note: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119194 >>> > >>> > I'm about to apply this patch. It will cause download requests to go >>> > to the SourceForge mirrors instead of MirrorBrain. We want to confirm >>> > that things are set up properly on the SF side, before we get the >>> > deluge of downloads for AOO 3.4. >>> > >>> > So please respond to this post with any oddities you see or hear about >>> > with users downloading OOo 3.3 releases over the next few days. >>> > >>> >>> This is live now (in production). >>> >>> Two issues that I see so far: >>> >>> 1) The MirrorBrain downloads were redirecting the user to >>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html, along with URL >>> parameters that indicated the file that was downloaded. >>> >>> This is very useful for a couple of reasons: >>> >>> A) This is our best chance to make the user aware of the support >>> options, the mailing lists, the install instructions, etc. It is our >>> opportunity to "hook" them into getting more involved with the >>> community and the ecosystem. >>> >>> B) The URL parameters give us information on what platforms and >>> languages are downloaded most often. For example: >>> >>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html?download-mirrorbrain&files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_Win_86_install-wJRE_en-US.exe >>> >>> The current SourceForge download path does not do these things. I >>> think this is important and needs to be addressed. Maybe something >>> could be done by forming similar URL's and showing that page in an >>> IFrame from the SF download page? >> >> >> We can put links to AOO contribution resources next to the ad unit. We are >> also open to help to find new developers through our media channels, and we >> have an 'help wanted' feature that can be used for this scope. >> >> >>> >>> >>> 2) I have not done any timings, but the download speed seems slower, >>> at least the time taken until the download is actually started. >> >> >> Think this was on Friday when we were still tuning our mirrors and caching >> files. >> >> Roberto >> >> >>> >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>> > -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. >
