On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 08:28:17AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/26/2021 08:22 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 08:15:54AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > How does Debian repository distribute load during peaks? > > > Where/how is this documented? > > > > > > Consider the case when many users may specify the same URL in > > > sources.list . > > > If they all try to install packages at the same time there could be > > > problems. How does a particular user know which physical server provided a > > > particular package? > > > > > > I have a problem that could be explained by different users receiving > > > packages from different servers. My web searches and other posts have been > > > futile. I need background information to be able to ask an answerable > > > question. > > > > > > Appropriate documentation URL? > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > deb.debian.org is a distributed network of mirrors based on geolocation > > > > It should be absolutely immaterial which server provided which package > > logs may tell you which mirror apt-get queried. > > > > All the very best, as ever > > > > Andy Cater > > *Appropriate documentation URL?* > > >
Richard https://www.debian.org/mirror/list explains that you can use a mirror that's backed by a global CDN [content delivery network] http://deb.debian.org/ Suggests that these are backed by Fastly and Cloudflare: Fastly supports at least their instance https://www.fastly.com/ Search terms: deb.debian.org package mirror Hope this helps - all the very best, as ever, Andy Cater
