Re: Odp.: mirror download speed variation

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2019-01-08, Kamil Monticolo  wrote:
> There is small program that helps you determine the closest mirror:
>
> https://github.com/lukensmall/pkg_ping

oh, this again.

> I also wrote poor's man script to achieve the same:
>
> https://github.com/kmonticolo/OpenBSD/blob/master/testmirrors.sh
>

ping time to a mirror does not indicate what download speed you
can expect from it.

Odp.: mirror download speed variation

[Kamil Monticolo]

There is small program that helps you determine the closest mirror:

https://github.com/lukensmall/pkg_ping


I also wrote poor's man script to achieve the same:

https://github.com/kmonticolo/OpenBSD/blob/master/testmirrors.sh



Kamil


Od: owner-m...@openbsd.org  w imieniu użytkownika Janne 
Johansson 
Wysłane: wtorek, 8 stycznia 2019 15:08:44
Do: Mihai Popescu
DW: Misc
Temat: Re: mirror download speed variation

Den tis 8 jan. 2019 kl 14:26 skrev Mihai Popescu :

> So, I still have two questions about mirrors:
> Can a mirror limit your download speed ?

Sure they could, I don't think many do though.

> Do a CDN url point to an existing mirror, or is it a diffeent server?

Different servers, spread around the world and you get a dns response
that is trying to be
close to you.

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