Setting up a mirror

jasonwryan · 2010-01-22 06:56:35

During the course of (the excellent) LCA I spoke to a number of people about setting up an official mirror here in New Zealand (the one we currently have is somewhat 'under the radar').

I am now getting questions about how much bandwidth, disk space etc we would require.

Bearing in mind that the Arch community here is not a huge one (and our physical isolation means that it is unlikely that anyone from outside the country would be likely to use it), can anyone provide me with some rough and ready details about other mirrors that would inform these conversations?

Thanks.

Stythys · 2010-01-22 07:10:06

root arch > du -hs * | sort -n
1.3G kde-unstable
2.0G testing
6.4G other
9.0G iso
11G archive
11G community
13G extra
441M core
555M community-testing

jasonwryan · 2010-01-22 08:37:07

Thanks Stythys. Anyone have any experience with what sort of bandwidth is typically involved?

PirateJonno · 2010-01-23 00:37:45

i'll help out if you want

Edit: not that I have any information, but let me know if something crops up

Last edited by PirateJonno (2010-01-23 00:38:35)

jasonwryan · 2010-01-23 00:43:50

PirateJonno wrote:

i'll help out if you want...

Awesome! Thanks - I'll keep you posted as it ticks along.

Stythys · 2010-01-23 01:23:41

the thing about bandwidth is that it's relative =P. The main arch mirror probably gets tons of traffic, while a new, lesser-known mirror may get very little.

in either case, it probably doesn't amount to much in the world of dedicated hosting.

jasonwryan · 2010-01-23 02:06:28

No, a mirror here in NZ probably won't amount to much; but before I sign a contract, I'd like some sort of indication of what I am getting myself into...

Stythys · 2010-01-23 02:13:01

well the thing is my server runs tons of other things in addition to the arch mirror, so I can't really say how much the mirror is using up, specifically.

all I can say is I get ~500GB total a month =P

jasonwryan · 2010-01-23 02:15:07

Thanks Stythys - that is very helpful; even if it is a very rough guide, it still gives me something to take to the table to negotiate with. Cheers.

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