-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Felix Miata wrote: >> On 2006/11/30 16:39 (GMT+0100) Eberhard Moenkeberg apparently typed: > >>> Use >>> http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source >>> ftp-1 is my best server these days for all suse and opensuse directories, >>> both regarding performance and actuality. >> I switched to this for this update. I started over 5 hours ago. It still >> shows >2 hours remaining. I can't tell exactly how dismal this is >> because yast doesn't bother to tell the download rate, but I suspect >> it's in the modem speed range. From good performing mirrors I can >> download an average CD iso in less than 20 minutes. I should have been >> done >4 hours ago. > > Believe me, this is the best you can do. > I have a bandwidth shaping of 800 MBit/sec since 8 minutes (500 MBit/sec > before), and about 2200 sessions currently. > The server is delivering 73 MByte/sec at the moment - so please calculate > if "your part" is fair. > > BTW: the remaining 27 MByte/sec get delivered by ftp.gwdg.de. ;-)) > > I can only guarantee the server stability, not the individual throughput. > But the summary. Yes, I can. ;->>
As a side note, and to lighten the load on gwdg.de ;) http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ is damn fast too for - - stable releases: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/ - - online updates: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.suse.com/suse/update/ - - 10.2 RC CD ISOs: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/ftp.opensuse.org/opensuse/distribution/openSUSE-10.2-RC1/iso - - Packman mirror: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/ - - guru mirror: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/suser-guru/ - - build service mirror: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/ For some of those repositories, you also have the bigger boys in the European mirror scene: ftp.belnet.be and ftp.heanet.ie - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFb2GSr3NMWliFcXcRAlG5AKCgIx/watOcv7XdRRrxu06kRrpsegCaA1by aSgAoC0yGhn3yPMEHJgla48= =/Vv+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]