So how much is required exactly for this? Would 4-5Gb be ok? What software would be required etc. to perform automated mirroring, etc?
I was thinking of maybe having a local server mirror. Due to the high costs of international bandwidth, it will be difficult to support such large downloads unless you're Maltacom/Datastream (this might be an option...) :-) Angelo Dalli ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "James Attard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],Malta Linux User Group - general list <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:20:42 +0100 (CET) >2GB harddisk space would merely hold 2 and a half CD images (where in some >cases a whole linux distro is made up of 3 CD images). The problem is with >international bandwidth since that costs a lot of $$$. We can always try >to run 'mirrors' instead of a centralized FTP server. > >-- >___ __ > | \ \ /| ___|_ | Linux user #324517 > | _ \ | \/ | _| / james.myweblog.com >|__|_/ _\_|_||_| ___|___| .:. aka MadviP .:. > >> >> What would be needed roughly for such an FTP server? Software, etc. to be >> installed? >> >> Would 1-2Gb space suffice? >> >> Angelo Dalli >> > >_______________________________________________ >MLUG-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for spam and viruses by NextGen.net.] > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent through the WebMail system at maltalinks.com
