New TLD mirror site

[Eberhard Moenkeberg]

Hi,

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Ken Smith wrote:
> 
> > I was given a heads-up that one of our current TLD mirror sites will
> > be cutting back on their services so we should find a replacement.
> > 
> > If you are currently not a TLD site (ftpX.freebsd.org, as opposed to
> > ftpX.CC.freebsd.org) but feel your site would make a good TLD site
> > please send a message to "mirror-admin at freebsd.org" to say you are
> > interested.  It wouldn't hurt to say you're interested no matter
> > where you are but the final decision will be based on:
> > 
> > 	- Non-US based site slightly preferred, the one being replaced
> > 	  is non-US and I am still interested in having the TLD sites
> > 	  not be US-centric as they had been in the past.
> > 
> > 	- Full mirror, should carry everything.
> > 
> > 	- Good network connectivity on a global basis, relatively high
> > 	  limit on bandwidth consumption and number of user connects.
> > 
> > 	- Sync with one of the master sites at least twice a day.
> > 
> > 	- Existing and well established official mirror sites preferred.
> > 
> > The other times we have needed to do this I got several offers from
> > excellent sites so the final decision was difficult and was more or
> > less done by tossing coins... :-)  So, please do not be offended if
> > you say you are interested but your site is not chosen - it should not
> > be taken as any reflection on the quality of your site.
> > 
> > We'll make the decision in about a week.  Thanks.
> 
> Well, I am sure ftp.gwdg.de is an "excellent site" within your stated
> aspects, but from a "german" view, ftp.gwdg.de (Daniel Lang) 

I am very sorry. Must read ftp.leo.de (Daniel Lang)

> should qualify before ftp.gwdg.de because his server is running FreeBSD. 
> Iam running Linux "only" in the sense of some participants here.. ;-))

Cheers -e
-- 
Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke at gwdg.de, em at kki.org)