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From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 11 Jun 2010 12:00 On Thursday 10 June 2010 11:49:33 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Mark wrote: > > Anyone else noticing ftp.us.debian.org downloads are very slow? > > [Y]ou can use another URL. I suggest cdn.debian.net for the official archive and security.geo.debian.org for the security archive. Both are GeoIP-based to find the closest mirror to you, although cdn goes an extra step and also takes into account how up-to- date and heavily-loaded the mirror is. Details: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGeoMirror -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
From: thib on 11 Jun 2010 12:50 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I suggest cdn.debian.net for the official archive and security.geo.debian.org > for the security archive. Both are GeoIP-based to find the closest mirror to > you, although cdn goes an extra step and also takes into account how up-to- > date and heavily-loaded the mirror is. Note that security.geo.debian.org will be dropped on july [1]. It's now active at the normal address (security.debian.org). 1: http://dsa.debian.org/dsablog/2010/05/Dropping_security.geo.debian.org_zone/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C1268CF.3020006(a)stammed.net
From: Merciadri Luca on 11 Jun 2010 13:00 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Thursday 10 June 2010 11:49:33 Merciadri Luca wrote: > > > I suggest cdn.debian.net for the official archive and security.geo.debian.org > for the security archive. Both are GeoIP-based to find the closest mirror to > you, although cdn goes an extra step and also takes into account how up-to- > date and heavily-loaded the mirror is. > > Details: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGeoMirror > What's the main interesting of using a server which is as near as possible from you, actually? (Except if this is to divide the total number of potential downloaders into well-known parts that are only slightly modified, because people do not have the habit to modify their habits.) -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me.
From: Mark on 11 Jun 2010 13:20 On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Merciadri Luca < Luca.Merciadri(a)student.ulg.ac.be> wrote: > > What's the main interesting of using a server which is as near as > possible from you, actually? (Except if this is to divide the total > number of potential downloaders into well-known parts that are only > slightly modified, because people do not have the habit to modify their > habits.) > I wonder the same, since the Debian installer even states the best mirror choice may not be the one physically closest to you.
From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 11 Jun 2010 13:30
On Friday 11 June 2010 11:52:42 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > Details: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGeoMirror > > What's the main interesting of using a server which is as near as > possible from you, actually? Closer geographically generally means fewer intermediate routers ("hops"). Fewer hops generally means lower round-time times ("pings"). Lower pings indirectly allows larger TCP/IP windows, and thus, higher maximum bandwidth. In addition, spreading the load among multiple servers means fewer users per server, which increases the bandwidth available to each user. More bandwidth means less download time. The cdn service also removes out-of-date, heavily loaded, or "down" servers from the results, meaning you are less likely to get old packages or download failures. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ |