From 39c7dd10bdd2c33285e182a2f3a59423efa62954 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: attila Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:07:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add "Requirements" and "Mailinglist" section git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@22928 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt b/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt index bbc5da07f4..53b5329e5a 100644 --- a/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt +++ b/DOCS/tech/mirrors/mirror_howto.txt @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ in detail so that anyone wishing to build an official or an unofficial mirror can do that without much trouble. - A note on performance issues ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -45,6 +44,23 @@ All mirrors are put into our DNS round-robin for the www.mplayerhq.hu and ftp.mplayerhq.hu names and should be set up to respond to these names as well. +Requirements +~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The requirements for any (official) mirror are: +1) rsync installed and some way to run the sync script periodicaly (eg cron) +2) subscribing to the mplayer-mirror mailinglist (see below) + +The requirements for a full website mirror are: +1) 500MB of free disk space (for the ftp and homepage directories). +2) A network connection with about 5Mbit/s sustained bandwidth. +3) A simple webserver that allows redirections and virtual server, + no PHP or CGI needed as all pages are static. + +The requirements for a full ftp mirror are: +1) 500MB of free disk space (for the ftp directory). +2) (No bandwidth data for a ftp only server available) + + Getting the data, mirroring script and cron setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -186,4 +202,7 @@ downloadable files. Mailinglist ~~~~~~~~~~~ -TO BE DONE +All official mirror admins are required to subscribe to the mplayer-mirror +mailinglist. It's used to coordinate the efforts and distribute information +among all admins. It is also very low traffic. Please use the webinterface +on http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-mirror to subscribe.