THU Mirror: Interested in NeuroDebian?

[Hörmetjan Yiltiz]

Hi,

I am a core member of Linux Club of Peking University, also a member of NeuroDebian team, currently working at the Multisensory Lab at Peking University as a research assistant.

I am trying to help establish a mirror site for NeuroDebian (neuro.debian.net). It hosts almost all of the useful software (including non-free ones) used in cognitive sciences, including neuroscience, psychology, biology etc. All those software are very popular among scientists in the field of neuroscience and experimental psychology, providing good support for fMRI (brain imaging) and computer vision.

However, there are no mirror sites readily accessible for researchers in China. There are several mirror sites now (http://neuro.debian.net/mirrors_status.html#chap-mirrors-stats), but no server in Asia, though the number of the users cannot be neglected (http://neuro.debian.net/_files/nd-worldmap-201106_15dpi.png). 

The required disk space is less than 45 GB, and is maintained rsync with cron jobs. Your mirror site as the official Debian mirror has been very stable and a main source for most researchers in China for years, which would guarantee that your site could be the best candidate.

Could you please consider with you team to support NeuroDebian?

[Justin Wong]

Hi Hörmetjan,

We're happy to set up a mirror for NeuroDebian. Is it right to rsync
from neuro.debian.net ?

cheers,
Justin

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[Hörmetjan Yiltiz]

So glad to hear that! We really appreciate your support!

You can just run an rsync and then cron job it:
rsync -rtzlhp --delete neuro.debian.net::neurodebian <DESTINATION DIR>

NeuroDebian just rely on cron job rsync's, no push notification etc
since archive is not updated that quickly/often. We also do not collect
checksums and rely on rsync to do the job right. The only thing for
monitoring is a timestamp file which then allows us to have
http://neuro.debian.net/mirrors_status.html#chap-mirrors-stats

and notifications when mirror gets stale.
One thing is to make apache logs available so
NeuroDebian could use them for stats such as
http://neuro.debian.net/_files/nd-worldmap-201106_15dpi.png

Do you think it would be possible to arrange?

祝好，
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[Justin Wong]

Hi,

We've started syncing, depend on network speed. Initial syncing might
take 2 days, depending on network speed.

For the timestamp file, should it be in UTC timezone?
Another question is how to provide the apache log? Should we make it
available via a specific URL?

cheers,
Justin

[Hörmetjan Yiltiz]

I have the initial files in out lab server at Peking University. Maybe you can just get them from here, which could be faster. But since there is no urgency, it is mostly your choice of preference.

As for the specifications such as the timestamp and the apache log, I think you can directly talk to our team. Do you mind if I ask him to add you to the neurodebian mailiing list?

祝好，
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He who is worthy to receive his days and nights is worthy to receive* all
else* from you (and me).
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[Justin Wong]

It's better for us to initial sync from Peking University, you can
email me your server infomation privately.

I'm glad to join neurodebian mailing list : )