On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hoi, > Are some of our partners in Wikipedia Zero not caching already ? > Thanks, > GerardM > > Are you asking if they have varnish caches (they do not) or if they are using some web caching on their environment (which is possible, using transparent proxies , though I do not know of providers who use them... however my mobile web ecosystem knowledge is limited)
> On 19 October 2013 12:59, Leslie Carr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Maarten Dammers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Ken, >> > >> > Op 18-10-2013 22:05, Ken Snider schreef: >> > >> >> The Wikimedia Foundation's Technical Operations team is seeking >> proposals >> >> on the provisioning of a new data-centre facility. >> >> >> >> After working through the specifics internally, we now have a public RFP >> >> posted[1] and ready for proposals. We invite any organization meeting >> the >> >> requirements outlined to submit a proposal for review. >> > >> > You have stated some technical requirements, but not the availability you >> > would like to have. You probably want to include that you're looking for >> a >> > tier-4 data center >> > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_4_data_center#Data_center_tiers). Is >> > this one going to replace the Florida data center? Where are you keeping >> > documentation these days? The information on wikitech seems to be very >> > incomplete and outdated. >> >> Wikitech is our best source of documentation.... >> >> > >> > Something related: While travelling in China I noticed the bad >> performance >> > of our sites. Would it be a good idea to investigate this (lack of) >> > performance and maybe consider a caching site somewhere in Asia? The >> latency >> > should be much better than getting is all the way from the USA. >> > http://www.glif.is/publications/maps/GLIF_5-11_World_4k.jpg (from >> > http://www.glif.is/publications/maps/) gives a good idea of >> connectivity by >> > the way. >> >> (Employee hat) - we are starting to move some of the Asian traffic to >> a new caching center on the US west coast, which has helped latency. >> (Personal hat) - I would love to get an Asian caching center (Hong >> Kong or Tokyo would be my top 2 choices), but IMHO the biggest barrier >> to this the time and availability of people resources. >> >> > >> > Maarten >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikitech-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> >> >> >> -- >> Leslie Carr >> Wikimedia Foundation >> AS 14907, 43821 >> http://as14907.peeringdb.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Leslie Carr Wikimedia Foundation AS 14907, 43821 http://as14907.peeringdb.com/ _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
