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Subject: Re: Using a CDN or some other mirror?
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To: "Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
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Thompson, David transcribed 1.2K bytes:
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 4:15 PM <ng0@n0.is> wrote:
> >
> > Hartmut Goebel transcribed 771 bytes:
> > > Am 03.12.2018 um 17:12 schrieb Ludovic Courtès:
> > > > Thus, I’m thinking about using a similar setup, but hosting the mirror
> > > > on some Big Corp CDN or similar.
> > >
> > > Isn't this a contradiction: Building a free infrastructure relaying on
> > > servers from some Big Corporation? Let allow the privacy concerns
> > > raising when delivering data via some Big Corporation.
> > >
> > > If delivering "packages" works via static data without requiring any
> > > additional service, we could ask universities to host Guix, too. IMHO
> > > this is a much preferred solution since this is a decentralized publish
> > > infrastructure already in place for many GNU/Linux distributions.
> >
> > Regardless of me agreeing with Hartmut here, I suggest https://wasabi.com/
> > as an S3 compatible storage (, which is not run by Amazon.).
> 
> But can Wasabi provide what CloudFront does?  CloudFront is distinct
> from S3, and can fetch and cache data from any origin. Additionally,
> it stores data on edge nodes across the globe and routes requests
> accordingly to maximize download speed.
> 
> - Dave
> 

Probably not, for some reason I thought you were discussing S3.
My bad.