Re: Do substitutes download slowly for you? / Speeding up substitute delivery/mirrors

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Chris,

Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> writes:

[...]


> France:    wget 
> https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0
> US:        wget 
> https://bordeaux-us-east-mirror.cbaines.net/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0
> Singapore: wget 
> https://bordeaux-singapore-mirror.cbaines.net/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0

Here's the data, from an office connected to fiber in Montréal, Canada:

Bordeaux (France):

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$ wget 
https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0
--2023-05-26 08:42:56--  
https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0
Resolving bordeaux.guix.gnu.org (bordeaux.guix.gnu.org)... 2a0c:e300::58, 
185.233.100.56
Connecting to bordeaux.guix.gnu.org 
(bordeaux.guix.gnu.org)|2a0c:e300::58|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 208615205 (199M) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0’

078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcysh 100%[======================================>] 
198.95M  15.4MB/s    in 14s     

2023-05-26 08:43:11 (14.3 MB/s) - 
‘078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0’ saved [208615205/208615205]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

US East:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ wget 
https://bordeaux-us-east-mirror.cbaines.net/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0
--2023-05-26 08:43:18--  
https://bordeaux-us-east-mirror.cbaines.net/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0
Resolving bordeaux-us-east-mirror.cbaines.net 
(bordeaux-us-east-mirror.cbaines.net)... 5.161.49.48
Connecting to bordeaux-us-east-mirror.cbaines.net 
(bordeaux-us-east-mirror.cbaines.net)|5.161.49.48|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 208615205 (199M) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0.1’

078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcysh 100%[======================================>] 
198.95M  33.7MB/s    in 6.4s   


2023-05-26 08:43:24 (31.0 MB/s) - 
‘078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0.1’ saved 
[208615205/208615205]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
 
Singapore:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ wget 
https://bordeaux-singapore-mirror.cbaines.net/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0
--2023-05-26 08:43:31--  
https://bordeaux-singapore-mirror.cbaines.net/nar/lzip/078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0
Resolving bordeaux-singapore-mirror.cbaines.net 
(bordeaux-singapore-mirror.cbaines.net)... 
2401:c080:1400:71df:5400:4ff:fe73:757d, 64.176.80.78
Connecting to bordeaux-singapore-mirror.cbaines.net 
(bordeaux-singapore-mirror.cbaines.net)|2401:c080:1400:71df:5400:4ff:fe73:757d|:443...
 connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 208615205 (199M) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0.2’

078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcysh 100%[======================================>] 
198.95M  10.1MB/s    in 30s     

2023-05-26 08:44:02 (6.72 MB/s) - 
‘078vr3r8mn3yrwzwxw64hmcyshic9p3q-stellarium-0.21.0.2’ saved 
[208615205/208615205]
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The fastest is logically US East, which is twice as fast as the current
Bordeaux France link for my location.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim