diff --git a/LDP/ldpwn/20040324.xml b/LDP/ldpwn/20040324.xml index 69ca3c31..eed4a95e 100644 --- a/LDP/ldpwn/20040324.xml +++ b/LDP/ldpwn/20040324.xml @@ -15,14 +15,12 @@ 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. +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 and finding no good documentation with an +overview of the tasks to perform. @@ -30,63 +28,30 @@ -The Linux IPv6 HOWTO v0.46 by Peter Bieringer features minor updates and corrections and more links to external resources. - -. - -. +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 +TLDP Mirrors -. - - - - -Discussion topic 2 - -. - - - - -Discussion topic 3 - -. +In response +to Tille's post indicating a map of The LDP mirrors, Saqib Ali suggested +that we have an automatic redirector based on the IP address of the +client machine. Various people disagreed +with reasons and suggested alternative +methods of handling traffic. @@ -95,7 +60,7 @@ Interview with Fred Stutzman
-Fred Stutzman, leader of our iBiblio support team. +Fred Stutzman, leader of iBiblio/TLDP support team. @@ -117,7 +82,8 @@ 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? +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 @@ -129,7 +95,7 @@ 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 +iBiblio's network connectivity is provided by a 1 gigabit 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.