Hey Quim, hey Maria, thank you for your replies! I actually knew where to find the XML-dumps but that pointer about the new XML-import tools is really helpful.
So eventually, I was able to acquire a Xeon 8 core, 32GB RAM, 6TB SAS to start my experiments on :) Let's see what this baby can do * http://i.imgur.com/J47GJ.gif * Thanks again Andreas On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Maria Miteva <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > You might also try the following mailing list: > * XML Data Dumps mailing > list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/xmldatadumps-l> > * > > Here is some info on importing XML dumps ( not sure what tools work well > but probably the mailing list can help with that) > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dumps/Tools_for_importing > > Also, Ariel Glenn recently announced two new tools for importing dumps on > the XML list: > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/xmldatadumps-l/2013-February/000701.html > > Mariya > > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 03/05/2013 02:54 AM, Andreas Nüßlein wrote: > > > >> Hi list, > >> > >> so I need to set up a local instance of the dewiki- and enwiki-DB with > all > >> revisions.. :-D > >> > > > > Just in case: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Mirroring_Wikimedia_**project_XML_dumps > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mirroring_Wikimedia_project_XML_dumps> > > > > Also, you might want to ask / discuss at > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/offline-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l> > > > > Good luck with this interesting project! > > > > -- > > Quim Gil > > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil< > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil> > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
