We need more US mirrors
| From: | Philip Olson | Date: | Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:48:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | We need more US mirrors | ||
| Groups: | php.mirrors | ||
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Hello all,
All countries have two mirrors except AU, DE, and UK with three. This is a proposal for additional US mirrors and here's why:
- We only have two US mirrors
There is US2, and US3, but no US. And although WWW is in the US, it's not a mirror. For example, WWW is not an option at php.net/my.php (but shouldn't be) so the location of WWW should not matter for mirrors.
- US mirror use far exceeds all others
The UK mirror, likely the most popular non-US mirror, gets ~8000 visitors daily whereas US3 hovers around 25000. When a US mirror goes down, like currently, this difference becomes much greater.
- Proposal
Immediately add one US mirror (to fall in line with AU/DE/UK) but eventually have more... how about five.
What do you guys think of this?
Regards,
Philip