Speakers | |
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Peter Poeml | |
Schedule | |
Day | Sunday |
Room | H.2214 |
Start time | 12:00 |
End time | 12:45 |
Duration | 00:45 |
Info | |
Event type | Podium |
Track | openSUSE |
Language | English |
MirrorBrain - Free CDN for Free Software Projects
The MirrorBrain, a.k.a. the openSUSE download redirector, automatically redirects clients (web browsers, download programs) to a mirror server near them.
It works similar to the systems employed by sourceforge.net, mozilla.com or similar large organizations, which face a number of download requests which is too high to be practically handled by a single site. To find a mirror close to the client, the redirector "geolocates" the client by its IP address. If several mirrors are found to be suitable, the redirector load-balances requests to the mirrors based on their capabilities.