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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version)
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Robert Anderson |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version) |
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13 Sep 2003 19:01:14 -0700 |
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 14:13, Robert Anderson wrote:
> You know the mirrors of the kernel source, the GNU tools, etc? It's
> like that.
>
> Typically, a mirror distributes bandwidth usage or moves bandwidth usage
> onto a more capable line.
>
> It can also serve the purpose of making all or some of an archive
> publicly available, by mirroring out to a reachable host (as opposed to,
> say, a home computer on a modem with no hostname).
Oh yeah, one other _huge_ use case: making private mirrors (say, in
cron jobs) so that you get local disk access performance on "remote"
archives.
Bob
- [Gnu-arch-users] tree has no patch log for version, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/13
- [Gnu-arch-users] tree has no patch log for version, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version), Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version),
Robert Anderson <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors (was: tree has no patch log for version), Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors, Damien Elmes, 2003/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors, Dustin Sallings, 2003/09/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] mirrors, Zack Brown, 2003/09/14
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tree has no patch log for version, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/13