[plug] Mirrors - to Sham

[James Elliott]

thanks Sham

James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sham Chukoury" <chukours at ses.curtin.edu.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Mirrors


> James Elliott wrote:
>
> >1.  Since we pay no more for Internet use if we download from within
> >Australia as distinct from overseas, why use mirrors? - what is the
> >advantage?
> >2.  Who pays for the mirror sites if the downloads are free?
> >
> >
> >
> Well, since the mirrors are in Australia and we are in Australia, then
> it means all network traffic happens within Australia (assuming your
> network doesn't route through some server overseas in the first place).
> This means lower latency during downloads (i.e. faster download...
> hopefully). The other advantage is load distribution - everyone trying
> to get a bit of software/source code doesn't have to add to the load on
> a single server. In fact, some servers do not accept more than a
> specified number of connections at once, so having more mirrors means
> you have more connection options.
>
> Who pays? Well that depends on where the mirror is. Some ISPs provide
> mirrors, so they pay for the servers.
>
> §:)
>
>