Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:59:53 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: So if you run this on a suitable cross-section of machines overnight, http-replicator's cache will be primed by the time you stumble bleary-eyed into the office. That has to be the most accurate description of my typical

[gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
Hi, I'm considering setting up a local distfiles and portage mirror here in the office. Bandwidth volumes from updates during the day are starting to make the network admin nervous. But first I need some current numbers, does anyone know approximate answers to these questions: 1. How big is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread kashani
Alan McKinnon wrote: Hi, I'm considering setting up a local distfiles and portage mirror here in the office. Bandwidth volumes from updates during the day are starting to make the network admin nervous. But first I need some current numbers, does anyone know approximate answers to these

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:47:47 -0800, kashani wrote: I wouldn't bother with a full mirror. Set a local rsync server that updates once a day and use http-replicator. That would be far less bandwidth than trying to keep a local dist server current. If daytime bandwidth is a particular issue,

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 29 January 2007 11:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:47:47 -0800, kashani wrote: I wouldn't bother with a full mirror. Set a local rsync server that updates once a day and use http-replicator. That would be far less bandwidth than trying to keep a local dist server

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:50:34 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I already use a fairly complicate solution with emerge -pvf and wget in a cron on one of the fileservers, but it's getting cumbersome. And I'd rather not maintain an entire gentoo install on a server simply to act as a proxy. Would I

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Harm Geerts
On Mon, January 29, 2007 13:11, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:50:34 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I already use a fairly complicate solution with emerge -pvf and wget in a cron on one of the fileservers, but it's getting cumbersome. And I'd rather not maintain an entire gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:38:07 +0100, Harm Geerts wrote: I use a slightly different approach here, with an NFS mounted $DISTDIR for all machines and one of them doing emerge -f world each morning. it's simpler to set up that http-replicator but is less scalable since you'll get problems if

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 1/29/07, Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 29 January 2007 11:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:47:47 -0800, kashani wrote: I wouldn't bother with a full mirror. Set a local rsync server that updates once a day and use http-replicator. That would be far less

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Mick
On Monday 29 January 2007 17:45, Daniel da Veiga wrote: On 1/29/07, Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 29 January 2007 11:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:47:47 -0800, kashani wrote: I wouldn't bother with a full mirror. Set a local rsync server that

Re: [gentoo-user] Traffic volumes for distfiles mirror

2007-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 29 January 2007 14:11, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:50:34 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I already use a fairly complicate solution with emerge -pvf and wget in a cron on one of the fileservers, but it's getting cumbersome. And I'd rather not maintain an entire gentoo