[GRASSweb-list]markus: web grass.mirrors.html,1.57,1.58

Wed Jun 4 14:11:12 EDT 2003

Author: markus

Update of /grassrepository/web
In directory doto:/tmp/cvs-serv3471

Modified Files:
	grass.mirrors.html 
Log Message:
updated, now cascaded mirroring

Index: grass.mirrors.html
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RCS file: /grassrepository/web/grass.mirrors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.57
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -d -r1.57 -r1.58

--- grass.mirrors.html	4 Jun 2003 14:36:06 -0000	1.57
+++ grass.mirrors.html	4 Jun 2003 18:11:10 -0000	1.58
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 <!-- US, Baylor: bruce_byars*baylor.edu-->
 <!-- US, IBIBLIO.org: Sergiusz Pawlowicz  ser*metalab.unc.edu and
                       Don Sizemore  dls*metalab.unc.edu -->
-<!-- Venezuela: Damian Fossi  damian*geografia.forest.ula.ve -->
 
 
 <p>
@@ -287,10 +286,6 @@
  HREF="http://grass.ibiblio.org/index.html"
   ALT="http://grass.ibiblio.org/index.html"
   COORDS="150,72, 153,73, 156,74, 159,74, 162,74, 166,75, 169,76, 172,79, 173,82, 172,85, 175,85, 179,83, 183,82, 186,80, 189,79, 192,79, 195,78, 196,75, 199,76, 200,79, 197,81, 194,82, 194,85, 191,86, 188,87, 187,90, 185,93, 184,90, 184,93, 185,96, 182,97, 179,99, 177,102, 175,105, 176,108, 177,111, 177,114, 174,113, 173,110, 172,107, 169,106, 166,106, 163,106, 160,106, 157,108, 154,107, 151,107, 148,109, 146,112, 143,113, 143,110, 140,108, 137,107, 134,107, 132,104, 127,103, 122,104, 119,103, 115,102, 111,102, 110,99, 107,99, 104,96, 102,93, 100,90, 98,87, 98,84, 99,81, 99,78, 99,75, 102,74, 106,72, 112,72, 118,72, 123,72, 129,72, 135,72, 141,72, 147,72, 150,72">
-<AREA SHAPE="POLY"
- HREF="ftp://geografia.forest.ula.ve/pub/grass/index.html"
-  ALT="ftp://geografia.forest.ula.ve/pub/grass/index.html"
-  COORDS="189,143, 190,140, 193,138, 192,141, 195,139, 198,140, 201,141, 204,142, 207,141, 210,140, 207,141, 210,142, 211,145, 211,148, 212,151, 209,152, 206,152, 206,155, 204,158, 201,157, 199,154, 199,151, 200,148, 197,149, 194,147, 191,147, 189,143">
 <AREA SHAPE="RECT" NOHREF COORDS="0,0 640,320">
 </MAP>
 
@@ -335,9 +330,7 @@
 <a href="http://www.dinama.gub.uy/grass/index.html">Uruguay</a> |
 <a href="http://www.fieldinstruments.co.uk/grass/index.html">U.K.</a> |
 <a href="http://grass.ibiblio.org/index.html">U.S.A. (ibiblio.org)</a> |
-<a href="http://grass.baylor.edu/index.html">U.S.A. (Baylor University)</a> |
-<a href="ftp://geografia.forest.ula.ve/pub/grass/index.html">Venezuela</a>
-
+<a href="http://grass.baylor.edu/index.html">U.S.A. (Baylor University)</a>
 
 <p><b>Daily mirrors via FTP</b>
 <p>
@@ -350,8 +343,7 @@
 <br>
 <a href="ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub4/GIS/grass/">Taiwan</a> |
 <a href="mailto:grass at hpcc.nectec.or.th">Thailand</a> (available by request) |
-<a href="ftp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/gis/grass/">U.S.A. (ibiblio.org)</a> |
-<a href="ftp://geografia.forest.ula.ve/pub/grass/">Venezuela</a>
+<a href="ftp://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/gis/grass/">U.S.A. (ibiblio.org)</a>
 
 <hr width=60%>
 
@@ -371,7 +363,7 @@
 high network traffic on our main site sometimes resulting in timed-out
 connections we encourage you to mirror this site.
 
-<p>A GRASS mirror site requires 500-600 MB  space, the space requirements
+<p>A GRASS mirror site requires around 630 MB  space, the space requirements
 may vary due to the changing presence of precompiled binaries. If you would
 like to support the GRASS community, do not hesitate to
 <a href="mailto:weblist at grass.itc.it">contact us</a>.
@@ -380,16 +372,22 @@
 href="http://rsync.samba.org/">"rsync"</a> software protocol to synchronize
 the mirrors automatically overnight. The idea of using "rsync" mirror
 software is that only changed files are downloaded which minimizes the
-network traffic.
+network traffic. While the master site provides "rsync" access only
+to a few "tier 1" mirrors, those "tier 1" mirrors can be connected publicly.
 
-<p>How to set up a mirror site (to be updated, 4 June 2003):
+<p>How to set up a mirror site:
 <ol>
 <li>Install the <a href="http://rsync.samba.org/">rsync</a> software.
 <li>Check if you can connect - note the two '::' characters (this command 
     should display a welcome message):<br>
-    <tt>/usr/bin/rsync grass.itc.it::</tt>
-<li>Define a daily cron-job (in 'crontab') for rsync:<br>
-    <tt>/usr/bin/rsync -r --delete --times --links --bwlimit=200 grass.itc.it::grass /mirror/grass/</tt><br>
+<ul>
+ <li> <tt>rsync://grass.itc.it::grass</tt> (master site, restricted to tier 1 mirrors)
+ <li> <tt>rsync://ibiblio.org::grass/</tt> (tier 1 mirror)
+ <li> <tt>rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/grass/</tt> (tier 1 mirror)
+
+</ul>
+<li>Define a daily cron-job (in 'crontab') for rsync (example):<br>
+    <tt>/usr/bin/rsync -r --delete --times --links --bwlimit=200 ibiblio.org::grass /mirror/grass/</tt><br>
     This will copy/update the grass site to your local directory /mirror/grass/
 <li>Check if the synchronization works the next day(s).
 <li>Announce the new mirror site for this mirror list to <a href="mailto:weblist at grass.itc.it">us</a>.



