"Diego Xirinachs J." <dxiri@xirihosting.com> wrote:

Hello list,

Just joined because I want to make an Arch Linux mirror in Costa Rica, but I am not sure if I can meet the requirements, mainly of bandwidth, here is a short story:

Currently at work there is a server I no longer have use for, its an HP

proliant ML110G6. I would like this server to become an Arch mirror, our Internet connection here is 9Mbps/9Mbps.

Questions: - Is that bandwidth enough for a public mirror? - Will setting up this server choke my network?

I wouldn't consider that sufficient for a publicly-available mirror server personally; I think you'd likely find your connection rather slow if even one or two people with fast connections were downloading from it.

- Can I use the server for other stuff? say a web server for local development or backup server?

I wouldn't, personally; for public mirrors I prefer to use a box dedicated to that purpose with nothing potentially sensitive on.

- I have an Arch laptop, can I download packages from this mirror while

I am at work using the private IP address?

You could, yes. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.