Re: Re: setting up mirrors

[Pavan K Balellugari <pavkb@xxxxxxxxx>]

I guess, that we could use peer-to-peer downloads
instead of having dedicated servers for mirrors. 

Mirrors are cool but in indian situation i guess they
are expensive.

Pavan
--- Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [Ignoring Suresh "MalletHead"'s personal attacks
> completely, since they
> have nothing to do with this discussion]
> 
> Ruchir:
> 
> > What exactly are you trying to say. If anybody
> decides to host
> > a server, they are doing you a service. Why and
> how would they
> > themselves misuse it ?
> 
> OK, let me give you an example:
> 
> Let's say someone sponsors a colocated server at
> VSNL.
> 
> [Aside - someone mentioned "costs" - it costs just 2
> lakhs a year to
> colocate at VSNL with a really fat pipe backing it,
> while it costs 4.25
> lakhs a year plus about 4 lakhs of equipment to set
> up a miserable 64k
> leased line - which seems the
> easier/cheaper/more_effective thing to do?]
> 
> Let's say that the person who runs the server and
> the site is called "X".
> 
> Now, X has at his disposal a huge resource - one
> that very few people can
> afford. X makes sure that the mirror is updated
> [another aside - *one*
> mirror for all of India????] and functions properly.
> 
> Now X belongs to ILUG Timbuktoo. ILUG-T itself has
> nothing to do with the
> functioning of the resource, but that doesn't change
> the fact that X is a
> member of ILUG-T.
> 
> After a while, several ILUGs start muttering and
> complaining. "Why does
> ILUG-T have control over this national resource? Is
> ILUG-T all of Linux
> India? We too should have control over this
> resource."
> 
> Fair enough. So it is decided that every ILUG will
> have an
> elected/nominated representative sysadmin working
> along with X to maintain
> the server.
> 
> Now, we have dozens of ILUGs......
> 
> At some point, the finger-pointing starts. "X is
> downloading MP3s for
> himself!" "Y is providing email addresses to his
> friends on that server!"
> "Z has started a break-away LUG in his city and
> *also* wants to have
> access".
> 
> This in itself is not misuse - it is implied misuse.
> OK, so we need to
> form a committee to supervise the functioning of the
> resource. Naturally,
> the committee needs to have elected/nominated
> members, which is another
> ball of wool....
> 
> Ho hum - welcome to the world of LI politics.
> 
> Feel free to disagree with me - I am just speaking
> from experience.
> 
> Atul
> 
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