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+ + 2004 + 12 + The Linux Documentation Project + 2004-03-24 + The Linux Documentation Project Weekly News + + + + +New documents @ TLDP + +Tabatha completed the review of Kai Schlachter's Glibc Installation HOWTO, which details the installation of a new glibc version on a Linux system. Kai decided to write this documentation after having struggled with the subject without finding a decent overview of tasks to perform. + + + + +Documents submitted for review + +All submissions have been processed. + + + +Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides + + + +The Linux IPv6 HOWTO v0.46 by Peter Bieringer features minor updates and corrections and more links to external resources. + +. + +. + + + + + + +News in The LDP world + + +News item 1 + +. + + + + +News item 2 + +. + + + + +News item 3 + +. + + + + + + +Discussions on TLDP lists + + +Discussion topic 1 + +. + + + + +Discussion topic 2 + +. + + + + +Discussion topic 3 + +. + + + + + + +Interview with Fred Stutzman +
+Fred Stutzman, leader of our iBiblio support team. + + + + + + + + +Picture of Fred, working on his Apple notebook. + + +
+ +(Thanks to Doc Searles from Linux Journal for taking this picture) + +TLDP WN had the chance of asking Fred Stutzman a couple of questions. Who is +Fred, you might wonder? Indeed, he is not on the volunteer list page. +Nevertheless, Fred is very important to us: he manages, with his colleagues, the +TLDP servers at iBiblio. He is going to tell us about the hardware and network +resources you need if you want to start a TLDP-like project. + +Q: Do we eat a lot of bandwidth? And the mirrors? What connection (uplink) do you have for all this? +A: Does TLDP use a lot of bandwidth? I wouldn't say TLDP is +necessarily a bandwidth-heavy site. That is to say, most of the +transactions from TLDP sites involve highly efficient, basic HTML documents. A rather unscientific interrogation of server logs shows that +the iBiblio TLDP site does anywhere between 500,000 to 1 Million +transactions daily. + +A basic, unscientific look at page size will show that most of the TLDP +pages are just a few kilobytes, the images a few more. All in all, this adds +up - but with our uplink (which I'll get to) and the global system of +mirrors, we're able to sustain the traffic load. + +iBiblio's network connectivity is provided by a 1 gygabit direct uplink to the +campus' border router. Connectivity to commodity networks and I2/Abilene +is provided by an OC-48 uplink. iBiblio's traffic load averages about +260Mbits/Sec, with web traffic a substantial part of that load. + + +Q: How come iBiblio hosts TLDP? +A: TLDP needed a home, and we +offered our services. iBiblio is very interested in helping projects like +the Linux Documentation Project, they fit our core goals very well. We're +happy to handle the hosting, and let the TLDP folk work on what they do best, +helping the world get access to the documentation that helps people use and +understand Linux. Its really a perfect relationship for us in many ways. + +(note: The long history of cooperation between iBiblio and TLDP is documented in this article.) + +Q: How much time do you or your colleagues spend on managing TLDP data? +A: We don't spend much time nowadays. In the beginning, we did a good amount +of work getting the systems set up, and coordinating with the global +network of volunteers. Now, we simply let the systems run, and assist the +project leads and volunteers with their requests. Things run quite +smoothly, thanks in no small part to the technical expertise of the TLDP +staff. + +Q: What hardware does TLDP run on? +A: TLDP runs on the iBiblio web cluster, which involves dual LVS +directors, a cluster of web nodes, and fileservers. The equipment is IBM +xSeries servers, 345's and 330's. The equipment was donated as part of +the IBM Shared University Research Grant, for which we are very thankful. + +Q: How is the data backed up? +A: The data is backed up nightly by UNC's (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Enterprise Backup and Recovery +Group. Using Tivoli Storage Manager, the data is incrementally backed up +to tape. Additionally, the global system of mirrors provides another +level of backup to the project. In a time of trouble (one especially +notable episode of data corruption), we were able to repoint LDP to +another site (with the administrator's permission, of course), and users +were unaware of the switch as we restored the corrupted device. It was +quite seamless. + + +Q: What is your strangest experience in relation to TLDP? +A: I don't really have many funny anecdotes. But come to mention it, as TLDP +expands into many different languages, sometimes communication becomes a +difficulty. I know there are some pretty bizarre discussion threads out +there that involve me trying to communicate using translation +software...which is probably not to be advised quite yet ;) + +Thanks, Fred! + + + + +HOWTO contribute to TLDP + +The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is working on developing +free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If +you want to help TLDP, consider joining +discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org. + +Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the +community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events +related to free software documentation. Write to us at +feedback@en.tldp.org. + +The LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and +Y Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people. + + + +