Re: CC.freebsd.org mirrors still relevant?

Hi Philip,

On Tue, 28 May 2024 at 06:04, Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> wrote:

>
> We (clusteradm) have been actively trying to phase out the cc.f.o
> mirrors in favour of our own CDN with clusteradm-managed mirrors.  While
> the asynchronous cc.f.o mirrors served us well in the 1990s and early
> 2000s, our synchronised CDN is a better fit for the world we currently
> live in.
>
> Currently we have 14 sites around the world.  We could use more.  We
> only have one mirror in Africa at JINX.
>
> If anyone wants to provide a {download,pkg,www}.FreeBSD.org site, please
> get in touch.  We're particularly keen to hear from sites who can
> provide hardware as well as connectivity.
>

So for interest sake at least, what do you need in terms of hardware? Does
it have to be physical? What would be needed in terms of access? Do you
then maintain the software side? Or is there a writeup about it somewhere?

Regards

John