Re: crosstool-NG: server status

[Joachim Nilsson <jocke at vmlinux dot org>]

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.
>
>    


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