From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3329 invoked by alias); 16 Nov 2009 06:53:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 3317 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Nov 2009 06:53:54 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from vmlinux.org (HELO vmlinux.org) (193.41.214.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:53:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vmlinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A08B1DDA946; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:53:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from vmlinux.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (vmlinux.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 83vvQ2SrLBbP; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:53:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.124] (90-224-113-214-no111.tbcn.telia.com [90.224.113.214]) by vmlinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6C35E1DDA931; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:53:45 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B00F6C5.3080804@vmlinux.org> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:53:00 -0000 From: Joachim Nilsson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20090915 Lightning/1.0pre Thunderbird/3.0b4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Yann E. MORIN" CC: crossgcc@sourceware.org Subject: Re: crosstool-NG: server status References: <200908062000.52633.yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> <20090806234906.59ea383d@surf> <200908070048.11510.yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> In-Reply-To: <200908070048.11510.yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact crossgcc-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: crossgcc-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-11/txt/msg00059.txt.bz2 Hmm, [/me slowly catching up, again...] about that mirror, how much space does it require? I could perhaps set aside some space on ftp://vmlinux.org and an rsync cronjob if you need a mirror in Sweden. We could take the details off-list, if you like. Regards /Joachim On 08/07/2009 12:48 AM, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > Thomas, > All, > > On Thursday 06 August 2009 23:49:06 Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > >> What about hosting crosstool-ng on some free software forge, like >> Savannah, Gna, or something else ? This way, you wouldn't have to spend >> time on system/network administration-related issues. >> > Well, that's part of the experiment! :-P > And a challenging part, to say the least! > > I'd like to be able to be self-hosted, and delegate as less as possible. > Currently, only DNS records are external (on dyndns), and will almost > certainly stay that way for a long time... Andof course I need an ISP. > > The most obvious advantages are: > - most important: I learn. > - I'm dependent upon a very few external entities (only ISP and DNS) > - I can customise/update the system at will (software versions...) > - I can grant/veto access at will > - I can run any server I wish (eg. VPN...) > > The most obvious drawbacks are: > - availability, but I'm working on that: > - I have at least two physical machines able to host a copy of the server > in a virtual machine, should the real server has a fatal HW failure (as > is the case curently); starting a VM-server is a matter of seconds > - the server is backed up by a UPS that can sustain a two-hour power > outtage > - the machine has one 80GiB disk for the system, and two 500GiB disks, > one for storing live data, the other one will be acting as a /mirror/ > that gets rsynced every hour, to serve as level-1 backups; both disks > use a file system different from one to the other > - OTOH, hot-swap HW is too expensive, so fixing the server would require > some downtime > - backups, that's being worked on: > - I have an NSLU2 that I'll setup to do nightly backups onto a dedicated > 500GiB HDD that will serve as level-2 backups > - I also have a tape drive to store long-term, level-3 backups > - bandwidth: being behind a DSL line limits my uploads to about 1Mibps, > but that's bearable, crosstool-NG is not that big, and the hg protocol > is quite efficient > - it's expensive and time-consuming, but I enjoyed it so far! :-) > > Regards, > Yann E. MORIN. > > -- For unsubscribe information see http://sourceware.org/lists.html#faq