[ubuntu-in] repository at IIT roorkee + web space for CS Ubuntu

[Venkatesh Nandakumar]

Vivek Khurana wrote:
> On 10/12/07, Lut4rp <lut4rp at techjugaad.com> wrote:
>> Dont mean to be rude at all, but why is the IIT Roorkee server so
slow? In fact, the website (iir.ernet.in <http://iir.ernet.in>) takes
upto 2-3 minutes to load on my 2 mbps connection! I just tried it out
again without any faster result.
>> Nah.. its for everyone, everywhere. As VK said, its not at all easy
>> setting up a repo :) and a slow server will be a real killjoy.
>
>  No it is not necessary for cannonical to approach iitm and yes IIT
> roorkee can setup there own repository. But do you have infrastructure
> and manpower to implement a repo ? Its not easy to keep a machine up
> and running 24x7 for a public repo/site that too in India.
>  Oh, problem is magnified in India beacuse the ISP would not accept
> the problem on his end that too with Linux on customer end, it has to
> be a misconfiguration at customer's end. Second biggest problem is
> power.
>
> regards
> VK

there are two domain names, for iit roorkee, iitr.ernet.in and iitr.ac.in,
the first one is one an old leased line, of 5-6Mbps, has to be slow,
the new one has download link of 34Mbps, and unlimited uplink...
and infrastructure and manpower does exist... no doubts about that..no
powercuts too..

Even setting up/maintaining it a repository wont be a concern, the
only cause of worry is that a proper method of channel/approach to the
head of my coll's info.superhighway.centre.. i'll be mailing to ilug
chennai in this regard...

Venkatesh Nandakumar