On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:06:03 +0200 Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado <i...@juanfra.info> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 09:25:34PM -0500, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Are the various cvs mirrors allowing compression? I tried with cvs -z 5. I > > currently sync from anoncvs3.usa and I think it doesn't, atleast the option > > of tcpdump -A didn't show me any decompression activity, just ssh packets > > being sent. top also didn't show any unzip or tar in the -I option.... > > > > If any mirror admin allows compression, please let me/us know. If they are > > willing to publicize the allowed compression level, please put in the list > > of cvs mirrors page! > > > > Syncing to src, ports, xenocara wastes many MB per month per person...and > > any help would be appreciated to cut down network traffic. I would be > > willing to be test this if it is not enabled currently, and a cvs server > > admin would like to enable it and check the load. > > > > thanks in advance > > I use stuart's and nick's tricks almost daily. cvsync for everything > except when I break something in some port, in this case I just update > the directory from the cvs. > > Probably other good option in your situation is to use a git or > mercurial mirror. Both are very efficients in the network use. The > problem is the public git mirrors are managed by people external to the > project (and sometimes converted with broken tools). > > I did some tests some weeks ago with "git-cvs" and "hg convert" but IIRC > both use a lot of RAM. My intention was to run a public mirror of ports, > src and xenocara but I can't ask for a server with so many RAM to some > sponsor for a mostly useless project. > Thanks folks, for all of your kind suggestions and cluestick from Nick and Stuart. I will convert to cvsync.
