ubuntu-mirrors Digest, Vol 83, Issue 5

Thu Oct 27 07:50:59 UTC 2016

Thanks for the valuable inputs.

Actually I am using the normal desktop PC(i5 with 2TB HDD&16GiB RAM and
5Mbps internet).
I have started rsync to my local machine with 900GB data synced.

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 5:30 PM, <ubuntu-mirrors-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> From: Srikanth Chandika <linosrikanth at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Query Regarding Hosting a Ubuntu Mirror
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> Hi,
>
> I want some inputs regarding hosting a Ubuntu Mirror.
>
> 1) What are the requirements of hosting a Ubuntu Mirror.
> 2) Is it possible to host some releases like only 12, 14, 16 versions
> instead of all.
> 3) If I have created complete mirror and in-case in future any release have
> been removed then how can I remove it from my mirror.
>
> Regards,
> Srikanth Chandika
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> From: "Vivien GUEANT - LaFibre.info" <redaction at lafibre.info>
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> Subject: Re: Query Regarding Hosting a Ubuntu Mirror
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> Hi, (excuse my poor english)
>
> 1) What are the requirements of hosting a Ubuntu Mirror.
>
> For a country mirror, which will manage several Gb/s traffic, it is
> important to manage disk I/O: A SSD 2TB on a small Xeon server, with
> 16GB of RAM will suffice for a traffic of 10 Gb/s in peak.
> I use Apache2.4, with MPM event.
>
> 2) Is it possible to host some releases like only 12, 14, 16 versions
> instead of all.
>
> A country mirror must offer all distributions, otherwise an update 16.04
> => 16.10 will be defeated.
>
>
> 3) If I have created complete mirror and in-case in future any release
> have been removed then how can I remove it from my mirror.
>
> Rsync automatically deletes older distributions.
>
> Currently there:
> - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (The Precise Pangolin)
> - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (The Trusty Tahr)
> - Ubuntu 15.04 (The Vivid Vervet) That will soon be deleted.
> - Ubuntu 15.10 (The Wily Werewolf)
> - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (The Xenial Xerus)
> - Ubuntu 16.10 (The Yakkety Yak)
> - Ubuntu 17.04(The Zesty Zapus).
>
> Vivien
>
> Le 26/10/2016 ? 06:38, Srikanth Chandika a ?crit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want some inputs regarding hosting a Ubuntu Mirror.
> >
> > 1) What are the requirements of hosting a Ubuntu Mirror.
> > 2) Is it possible to host some releases like only 12, 14, 16 versions
> > instead of all.
> > 3) If I have created complete mirror and in-case in future any release
> > have been removed then how can I remove it from my mirror.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Srikanth Chandika
> >
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:57:57 +0200
> From: Chris Glass <chris.glass at canonical.com>
> To: "Vivien GUEANT - LaFibre.info" <redaction at lafibre.info>
> Cc: ubuntu-mirrors at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Query Regarding Hosting a Ubuntu Mirror
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> Hi,
>
> Another point of information you will want to consider is that a
> mirror currently (as for the releases outlined by Vivien) occupies
> around 967Gb on disk (for amd64 and i386 arches).
> In my experience some leeway is needed since most utilities will
> invoke rsync with the "--delete-after" option, meaning the deletion of
> outdated packages only happens after all the new ones are synced. I
> would therefore follow Vivien in suggesting 2Tb disks.
>
> Should you only have fewer resources available - did you consider
> running a caching proxy instead of a full mirror? It is by far the
> most deployed solution if you don't want to run a mirror for i.e. a
> full country. I suggest having a look at the squid-deb-proxy package
> for example.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> - Chris
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Vivien GUEANT - LaFibre.info
> <redaction at lafibre.info> wrote:
> > Hi, (excuse my poor english)
> >
> > 1) What are the requirements of hosting a Ubuntu Mirror.
> >
> > For a country mirror, which will manage several Gb/s traffic, it is
> > important to manage disk I/O: A SSD 2TB on a small Xeon server, with
> 16GB of
> > RAM will suffice for a traffic of 10 Gb/s in peak.
> > I use Apache2.4, with MPM event.
> >
> > 2) Is it possible to host some releases like only 12, 14, 16 versions
> > instead of all.
> >
> > A country mirror must offer all distributions, otherwise an update 16.04
> =>
> > 16.10 will be defeated.
> >
> >
> > 3) If I have created complete mirror and in-case in future any release
> have
> > been removed then how can I remove it from my mirror.
> >
> > Rsync automatically deletes older distributions.
> >
> > Currently there:
> > - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (The Precise Pangolin)
> > - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (The Trusty Tahr)
> > - Ubuntu 15.04 (The Vivid Vervet) That will soon be deleted.
> > - Ubuntu 15.10 (The Wily Werewolf)
> > - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (The Xenial Xerus)
> > - Ubuntu 16.10 (The Yakkety Yak)
> > - Ubuntu 17.04 (The Zesty Zapus).
> >
> > Vivien
> >
> > Le 26/10/2016 ? 06:38, Srikanth Chandika a ?crit :
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want some inputs regarding hosting a Ubuntu Mirror.
> >
> > 1) What are the requirements of hosting a Ubuntu Mirror.
> > 2) Is it possible to host some releases like only 12, 14, 16 versions
> > instead of all.
> > 3) If I have created complete mirror and in-case in future any release
> have
> > been removed then how can I remove it from my mirror.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Srikanth Chandika
> >
> >
> >
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