[BioBrew Users] Re: Mirrors needed!

[Paulo Nuin]

Hi

I will probably need a tracker to manage the up/downloads. I will check 
the requirements and send you a message. I do not have a server where I 
can set the tracker.

Cheers

Paulo


On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, J.W. Bizzaro wrote:

> That's fine by me, if you'd like to set that up.  Jeff
> 
> Paulo Nuin wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Why not try a bittorrent donwload system? Everyone that downloads can help 
> > seeding for a while.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Paulo
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, J.W. Bizzaro wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Hi again.
> >>
> >>We currently don't have any mirrors available for the BioBrew 3.1 DVDs. 
> >>Downloads (2 GB each!) come from the main Bioinformatics.Org website, and the 
> >>network is a bit slow at the moment because of this.
> >>
> >>To help take some of the burden off of the website, we need some mirrors.  If 
> >>you're currently downloading the DVDs or planning on it, please consider 
> >>letting other people download from you.  You can post your URL here if you'd 
> >>like to do this only for what you've downloaded.  If you'd like to set up a 
> >>permanent mirror, please contact me.
> >>
> >>Your system should be able to handle 2 GB files.  We've found that FTP is needed.
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>Jeff
> >>
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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