Re: [libreoffice-website] libobox-torrent rsync module

Hi Christian, Friedrich,

Am 28.03.2013 13:08, schrieb Christian Lohmaier:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Erich Christian <erich_tdf@irq.at> wrote:
> > Am 27.03.2013 15:58, schrieb Florian Effenberger:
> > > [libobox-torrent sync module]
> > > Is this still required?

> > [mirrorbrain a 'recommended' replacement]

> mirrorbrain won't really help, as those are meant to be torrent-seeds,
> while mirrorbrain deals with http/ftp mirrors.
>
> The idea with those is to assure that there are capable seeds for the
> box ASAP, without taking the detour of downloading the file using a
> traditional mirror.

ok, click  ;)


> While rtorrent on bilbo likely has enough bandwidth, it has a limit
> set on the open files, or in other words the number of concurrently
> seeded torrents. So having dedicated seed for the files where
> torrent-use is most likely (large iso) and on the other hand
> low-volume (comparably few users download the iso - other files like
> for example the windows installer can easily sustain themselves by the
> swarm, even when the file is in the queue on bilbo).


Thanks for another glance into the many levels of "understanding how
things work"  :)


> But since we now have webseeds within the torrents, not having a
> dedicated torrent-seed available is not that much of a problem.
>
> But I also don't see a reason against the rsync module - the torrents
> are there anyway, and the tiny torrent files shouldn't put any stress
> on the server - it enlarges the config, but that's about it :-)
>
> But of course left to the Box-staff to decide whether they want it.


Am 28.03.2013 15:55, schrieb Friedrich Strohmaier:
> As Christian stated, it's not of any harm to keep it alive. Also not >
to forget: It's an easy to activate and to extend emergency distributing
system.


Well in this case I'd tend to add my mirror too, sorry for the
misperception in the first place.  ;)

Also don't know Mr. 7he.at who seems to be running an own machine, at
least that's all his 'homepage' shows.

ciao
Erich



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