Re: FTP Home...

["Michael E. Deisher" <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>]

On Thu, 01 Feb 1996 12:53:07 PST, Simon Shapiro <shimon@i-Connect.Net> said:

> I am sorry I lost Bruce's message about my offer to host an ftp
> server.  Basically, my offer still stands. I am not limiting the
> bandwidth to 64K.  I am just wondering out loud if someone has any
> idea what it takes.  Something as simple as the number of
> connections, files transferred, at, say, 4 hours intervals, or even
> daily.
> I appologize again for losing that mail message with the name of my
> ``competitor'', but i am sure he must have the same concerns (unless
> he has free $2,000/month for a T1.
> As I am a principle of my company, I can ``guarantee'' the service
> stability.  Maybe we should figure this one out.

The readers of debian-private will have no idea what you are talking
about since neither Bruce nor Ian forwarded your message to
debian-private.  I did not forward it there because the situation was
volatile and there would be no point in doing so if Bruce and Ian
still wanted to work things out with Matt.

BTW, your proposal is attached below.  I reformatted it.  XF-Mail is
really not ready for prime time.  :-(  The messages I get from you are
often mangled.

--Mike


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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 16:52:41 PST
From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To: Bruce Perens <bruce@beagle.pixar.com>,
        "Michael E. Deisher" <deisher@enws428.eas.asu.edu>
Subject: RE: confidential question
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On 31-Jan-96 Michael E. Deisher wrote:
... ... Simon,
... 
... I don't know if you are subscribed to debian-private or if you've
... heard about the impending loss of Debian's ftp site (it's not yet
... public knowledge).  I got the impression that you are setting up a
... high-powered :-) site of your own.  If you think your site could
... handle the kind of traffic that Debian will generate, may I suggest
... that you send an e-mail to Bruce or Ian?
... 
... --Mike
... 

I did not send this to Ian as I am not positive about his email
address.  Can one of you forward it to Ian?  My apologies...

First, Debian-private could be nice.  So Private, I did not know about
it :-) 

Second, I'll be happy to do it but need to know about the details:

1.  I am mirroring ftp.debian.org. I have 1.5GB on the file system
    with 800+ still free.  Is that going to be enough?  how much more?

2.  What is the access bandwidth?  I have a full T1 to uunet, but need
    to make a living off it too.  Can we restrict it to a 64K average?
    It is not a problem now, but if we need a T3 today for Debian, I
    cannot do it :-(. 

3.  My FTP server is a pair of Pentium-100's with 64 & 32 MB on each.
    One of the machines (the actual physical mount for the next few
    weeks) needs some cycles machines (the actual physical mount for
    the next few weeks) needs some cycles free for my own work.  The
    ftp server itself runs only ftp and a news client right now.

4.  Do we want i-Connect ot also host the Debian Web pages?  Now much
    traffic there?  All I have now is a 32MB/Pentium-120 running
    Spinner.  Is that enough? 

5.  What about liability issues?  Our insurance is only good for a $1M.

6.  What are the formal/legal ties to FSF?

As I said, if necessary, I'll do it.  It agrees with our charter and
can give us some exposure, etc.  Please let me know how I can help.

Sincerely Yours,                    (Sent on 01/30/96, 16:52:41)

Simon Shapiro          i-Connect.Net, a Division of iConnect Corp.
Shimon@i-Connect.Net   13455 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 140 Beaverton OR  97008