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Alec Warner wrote: |
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> Is this plan for server side only distfiles, or do you want |
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> /usr/portage/distfiles/{a-z}/ on the local system as well. |
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Changing the layout on the server suffices, no need to fiddle around |
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with more scripts than necessary ;). |
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> Is there any needed performance benefit out of the current |
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> scheme? Can you give some numbers as to how much this will |
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> help the average user? |
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Listing the directory via proftpd takes the better of 10 minutes on |
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"cold" caches and consumes around 1 minute of CPU time on an Athlon XP |
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2800+. With that figures in mind one easily could DoS a mirror-server if |
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he wants. |
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best regards, |
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Michael Renner |
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