From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thompson, David" Subject: Re: Using a CDN or some other mirror? Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 16:50:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20181203154335.10366-1-ludo@gnu.org> <87tvju6145.fsf@gnu.org> <34d346ac-fc0a-aac2-f092-8a57e345c4e6@goebel-consult.de> <20181204211541.6kdb5zae6ltilyxv@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54773) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gUIaN-0005vh-Ir for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:50:32 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gUIaK-0004uv-EE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:50:29 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-x32d.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::32d]:38689) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gUIaJ-0004qZ-57 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:50:27 -0500 Received: by mail-wm1-x32d.google.com with SMTP id m22so10907855wml.3 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:50:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20181204211541.6kdb5zae6ltilyxv@abyayala> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: hartmut@goebel-consult.de, guix-devel On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 4:15 PM wrote: > > Hartmut Goebel transcribed 771 bytes: > > Am 03.12.2018 um 17:12 schrieb Ludovic Court=C3=A8s: > > > Thus, I=E2=80=99m thinking about using a similar setup, but hosting t= he 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