While this is debated I will upgrade hard drives. The 6 gb is not enough to continue mirroring debian and debian-non-US anymore. I am only mirroring i386 and have to usually have to make a delete pass before I can get all the updates. I can come up with a larger drive but I am thinking about fellow (poverty-stricken) debianites.
I also think that any reduction in space and bandwidth requirements would be a big help to those wishing to provide a mirror. But congratulations are in order every time I need a larger drive to mirror debian. A veritable candy store of software packages. PW