Running a CDN for opensource software | mirror.albony.in
mirror.albony.in a student run service which provides mirrors for various open-source projects and Linux distributions. Currently, Albony operates mirror nodes in Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Chennai, Aizawl and Hyderabad
Albony is one of the only few such mirrors in India serving more than 40,000 users daily. The project gets more than 600TB traffic / month, and is growing year on year.
It is an official mirror for many projects and Linux distributions, This talk will highlight the architecture and challenges involved with running such a service.
What are mirrors and why are the required?
Journey from the start
QUIC vs TCP
TCP Congestion control protocols and network optimisation
Automation - NixOS and Ansible
Monitoring - logs and stats
Layer 8 challenges - Convincing ISPs
Which track are you applying for?
Shrirang Kahale
Albert Sebastian
I think this talk will be useful for all to know about the challenges in hosting the mirror. It would be interesting to know the network optimisation done as the scale of the project is big.
Very cool topic with real challenges and opportunity to share real experiences
thank you
A look into the challenges of operating a project with huge demand
This is a critical piece of FOSS infrastructure and is great to see a network being expanded in India. I personally have many issues connecting to mirrors that are too far away and latency and bandwidth are too low.
I think many people would be interested to hear the stories of working within India to try new things.