Re: nl2.php.net

Hi Dave, > First, it's true i don't have a E3 connection, that's because I'm just > using a private account (that is a normal user ADSL account). > As you might know, I'm running this server for more than 18 months now, > with nearly no downtime. Last one was 3 weeks ago because of a major > power failure near Rotterdam (Netherlands). I know :( No one is complaining about the reachability of your mirror. > I'm almost certain than I'm the only webmaster of an official mirror > which also has an CVS account (Zyprexia) and regurly contribute to PEAR. Not that is is even remotely relevant, but it's not even true. I have a CVS account too, and I run nl3.php.net... But as I said: this has nothing to do with running a mirror site. > I understand that you want fast download servers, but i don't like the > fact that these ISP's use PHP to promote their own company (In this case > trueserver). What is the problem with this? PHP users need mirror sites which are fast, and these companies provide that for free. The only thing the companies get is a logo at the front page of the mirror... And I suspect not a lot of people even look at that logo. Our company started to mirror because we realy like PHP and we wanted the Dutch PHP users to have a good local mirror. > I'm also busy to move the mirror to my work, where we do have an a E3-line. > Allowing a maximum of 1024kb/s per IP. This might take only a few weeks > from now. I'm waiting for the permission to run the server at the company > network infrastructure. > If my boss refuses to run the server, ism willing to hand over the mirror. That's nice! > I'm an active PHP supporter and i give every two weeks a workshop about > PHP and HTML/CSS for the Rijnmond department (including Rotterdam) of HCC > (a nation wide computer magazine/club). That's a lot more important than running a mirror IMHO! > If i hand over the mirror, can i still sync with the PHP master, because > I'm using the mirror as a local reference/work bank. With the mirror on > hand, i can install almost any PHP version i want and to fix bugs in our > software. It's in http://www.php.net/mirroring.php: If you are not an official mirror (eg. mirror the site for your company's internal use), you should not rsync from rsync.php.net more frequently than every three hours, or you may find your ip blocked. > Last, i doubt that the update speed of that mirror is faster than mine. > My update time is every 4 hours. According to the mirror readme this is > the minimum time between two updates. > Or the readme must have changed. I also read that if the update frequency > is below 4 hours, connection might be refused to preserve bandwidth for > other mirrors. Since even not-official mirrors may update every three hours, I suspect that your update speed is rather slow... > So, let's make a deal. Before Wednesday January 8th, 2003 I'll contact > you again about my company is willing to run the mirror or not. > If you didn't hear anything from me on January 8th, you can hand over > the mirror to trueserver, because I'm finally on my winter vacation ;-) Enjoy yourself! Sander.