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This week on Sunday - 11/05/2023 - the following distributions will be deleted from the mirror server.
Void Linux Communication from Void Linux to the mirror servers is difficult, as they have no email address, no mailing list, and registration has to be done via GitHub in the form of a pull request. I didn't register originally, but an enthusiastic foreign Void fan did. Their T1 servers were often slow or threw errors at the end of synchronisation. On 10/24/2023 they announced an infrastructure change on their website, which of course was not communicated to the mirror servers, so all T2 mirrors were out of sync, but even more exciting is the innovation to completely redirect users to the T1 servers, which the T2 servers also sync from. I guess they don't need T2 servers after this so they will manage somehow.
Tails Linux The distro was registered in early 2019, but due to the problems of Digi ISP in the first half of 2021, we have decided, together with Tails' infras, to temporarily stop directing users to the mirror. Although the bandwidth/speed problems have since been solved with the installation of the Telekom line, I have decided on principle not to return to the mirror pool, as the distribution of a person's main page quote promoting themselves receives significant support from the *censored* government's *"censored "* department. To me, this makes the project completely discredited, as it is supported by a founding member of a server network whose goal is exactly the opposite of what Tails Linux originally set out to do, and which has chased halfway around the world the man whose quote Tails Linux is currently doing marketing. As an aside, the amount of one-off funding for the above-mentioned organisation is enough to keep the quantum mirror running for at least 80 years without any problems - including hardware improvements - so they will manage somehow too.
Porteus There is no particular reason in their case, they have just not responded to repeated attempts to register, their site does not have https - some browsers will only open https sites - so you can see the lack of caring.
cdimage.ubuntu.com Only out of diligence, the archive of ubuntu iso files and the daily developement image files were also stored here. Since it was not registered, so probably no one will be affected by its absence, it may be available again in the future, but for now it is being removed.
EPEL will be kept, but it will not be registered in the future - it will remain a private mirror - , there will be no full Fedora mirror at all. Red Hat and IBM have enough revenue to pay for their mirror servers. CentOS was a difficult decision too, but it will certainly remain, at most it will be de-registered in a few years and will continue to be available as a private mirror, like EPEL. In the near future, the removed distributions mentioned above will be replaced by AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux.
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Today, the optical network of the service will be developed. It is highly unlikely that the work will cause a service outage, but if it does, the problem will be resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding in advance!
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The source of the problem (was) various. ZorinOS redirected a lot of downloads to the server, which ran out of bandwidth. The server was added to an external torrent without prior notice, which further increased the load. ZorinOS's load balancing system is not working properly, so it did not remove the server from the list of active mirrors when the directory was removed. When the problem was detected, the download of Zorin-OS-16-Core-64-bit.iso was temporarily redirected to dotsrc.org (2x10Gb/s), so 404 could be bypassed and the bandwidth was retained too. The problems are being reported. A solution is likely to be found soon. By the way, this is the first release of ZorinOS that is not "powered" by SourceForge. ZorinOS's mirror list can be found here: https://zorin.com/os/mirrors/
Update: the redirection was removed shortly after midnight yesterday, Zorin OS will use a more advanced system to distribute downloads to mirrors in a few weeks, in the meantime you can download the distribution from QM from this link. Thanks again to the dotsrc.org team for their help!
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Due to an ISP regional network problem, there were service outages from 7:15 pm for about an hour and a half. Service has been restored on super.quantum-mirror.hu, but nova.quantum-mirror.hu is still down thus, incoming connections were temporarily redirected to super.quantum-mirror.hu. As a result, the upload bandwidth of the service has been halved, resulting in a slowdown in downloads. As soon as the other line restored, everything will be back to normnal. Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience!
Update: By 10:20 pm, the service was restored.
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"Dear Customers! Our employees will perform maintenance and development work on 01/19/2021 between 01:00 am and 06:00 am and on 01/21/2021 between 01:00 am and 06:00 am on our nationwide network, so there may be outages in our internet services. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!"
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"Dear Customers! Our employees will perform maintenance work on 01/15/2021 between 00:01 am and 02:00 am of our Miskolc network, therefore there may be outages in the internet service. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!"
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The nationwide network error on the ISP's side was fixed a few days ago. Based on tests performed in recent days, the network speed of the Quantum Mirror has stabilized - for both foreign and domestic use - and is suitable again for quality service. Due to the tests, mainly on 12/13/2020, there was a temporary slight slowdown in downloads in the early evening and evening hours. The Quantum Mirror is still looking foward to its users with a lot of love and bandwidth! ☺ Thank you for your patience in retrospect!
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Due to a serious nationwide network problem, presumably affecting multiple service providers, the service is currently operating with extremely volatile network access. Those who use the server from abroad should definitely switch to another server for this hopefully short transition period and those who connect from within the country and notice a connection problem or slowdown during downloads and updates, it is also worth trying another domestic or foreign server to see if the situation improves. Unfortunately, an anomaly that has been detected on the network for at least 1 month also affects synchronization from foreign servers, because sometimes there are slowdowns and connectivity problems, so it is possible that the distributions on the server will not be in the latest state. You can check this on the status page. Thank you in advance for your patience!
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Unfortunately, there have been a lot of outages, slowdowns, and connectivity issues lately, which still stem from an anomaly that occurred on the service provider’s network on November 19, 2020. The service provider confirmed several times during the weeks of correspondence that they were struggling with a central network failure, but unfortunately could not determine the exact future date for its correction. I really hope that with the nationwide network maintenance announced below - and the introduction of their 100Gb/s BIX line - the problem will be permanently eliminated. If this does not happen, I will definitely signal to you that you are aware of this, and I will try to introduce the aforementioned backup line as soon as possible to bridge this extremely inconvenient problem. Thank you in advance for your understading and patience!
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Network error on the ISP's side was resolved on 11/20/2020 at 8:20 pm, minor anomalies that do not significantly affect the quality of the service can still be experienced, but hopefully they will disappear soon. Special thanks to the service provider’s customer service staff member for his quick contact, help, and I hope the minimal information provided to the service provider has been helpful in assessing the extent of the problem. Quantum Mirror continues to make it a priority to provide high-quality service to its users, so by the middle of next year at the latest, ISP redundancy will be implemented in the framework of a network development, as well as a significant increase in upload bandwidth. Thank you in advance for your patience!
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Due to a serious network error on the ISP's side - essentially the problem remained the same as it had been a month ago - the quality of the service is currently reduced to an unusable level. The error is being reported, diagnosed, and resolved, and hopefully the service professionals will find and resolve the issue, which is likely to occur across the city, as soon as possible. Users of the quantum-mirror service may currently experience the following problems: extremely high response times (2000-3500ms), there may be interruptions when downloading larger files, interruptions in downloading updates with update managers very 5-10 seconds. On behalf of the ISP, I also apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!
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"Dear Customers! Our employees will perform the maintenance and development work on 11/19/2020 between 00:01 am and 03:00 am of our Miskolc, Bükkszentkereszt, Bükkszentlászló, Tiszaújváros, Sajószeg, Sajóörs, Eger, Ózd, Bükkmogyorósd, Farkaslyuk, Lénárddaróc, Kazincbarcika, Füzesabony, Mezőkövesd, and Polgári networks, therefore there may be outages in the internet, telephone, mobile phone and TV services. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!"
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"Dear Customers! Our employees will carry out urgent troubleshooting work on our network in Miskolc on 10/29/2020 between 00:01 am and 06:00 am, therefore there may be outages in the internet, telephone, mobile phone and mobile internet services. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!"
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The network error on the ISP"s side was resolved on 10/15/2020 at 1:00 am. Thank you for your patience and for continuing to choose quantum-mirror and for the service provider’s professionals for the quick troubleshooting!
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Due to a serious network error on the ISP's side, the quality of the service is currently reduced to an unusable level. The error is being resolved, hopefully the service professionals of the ISP will find and resolve the issue as soon as possible. Users of the quantum-mirror service may currently experience the following problems: extremely high response times (2000-3500ms), there may be interruptions when downloading larger files, interruptions in downloading updates with update managers very 5-10 seconds. On behalf of the ISP, I also apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!
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"Dear Customers! Our employees will carry out urgent troubleshooting work on our network in Miskolc on 10/13/2020 between 00:01 am and 04:00 am, therefore there may be outages in the cable TV, internet and telephone services. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!"
"Dear Customers! Our employees will perform the maintenance and development work of our Miskolc network on 10/14/2020 between 01:30 am and 04:00 am, therefore there may be outages in the cable TV, internet and telephone services. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!"
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"Dear Customers! Our employees will perform the maintenance work of our Miskolc network on 07/23/2020 between 00:01 am and 06:00 am, therefore there may be outages in our internet and telephone services in some areas. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding!"
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Due to the development of the optical network of the service on 07/14/2020, super.quantum-mirror.hu will be temporarily redirected to nova.quantum-mirror.hu from 6 am. If the works go according to plan, everything will be back on track by the evening hours at the latest. During this time interval, synchronization of distributions will also be paused to prevent rsync processes from getting stuck. Due to the development of the optical network of the service, during 07/15/2020, nova.quantum-mirror.hu will be temporarily redirected to super.quantum-mirror.hu. The change does not interrupt the synchronization of distributions. The works are planned to be end by no later than 07/16/2020 in the evening. Of the monitoring systems, Pingdom will provide meaningful information, and the bandwidth of the service will be halved during the upgrades, resulting in a smaller slowdown in downloads. The goal is to ensure that improvements do not cause downtime in the continuity of service, but if an error would occur during the process, I apologize in advance for that. Thank you in advance for your understanding!
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Wanbs - Rebirth & 5.99 TB / day
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One year after the domain chnage, I would like to introduce what changes, developments have taken place in the service and what are the future plans. The domain has been extended for 5 years, so I would like to indicate that you can count on the service in the distant future. Since July 2018, the following distributions have been placed on the server: Arch Linux, Balckarch, CentOS, CentOS Altarch, MX & antix Linux, Ubuntu, Tails, Runtu, Raspbian, Qubes OS, Parrot Linux, Kali Linux(iso), Deepin Linux(packages), Slackware, Gentoo Linux and Trisquel finally got the repository alongside with the isos. When you use Linux Mint, you can automatically connect to the server using https in software source settings, which is a rare rarity for LM mirrors, or if you want the ubuntu (basic mirror server) to be https, you can rewrite it from http to https - in case of Linux Mint 18.x, 19.x and quantum-mirror server - in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list. If you may mess up something, there is no problem, because on the graphical interface, if you re-select a server and approve it, it corrects the wrong configuration. Regarding to LibreOffice, only this server offers https connectivity in Hungary and is also present as https web seed, which is also a rare thing among mirror servers. You can also see that some projects and distributions have long been called "registration in progress" or that the rubric is empty, the reason of this being either not responding to the email, or no contact address, or the current distribution does not accept more mirror servers (such as Gentoo Linux). For the reasons mentioned above and because there are a few distributions, the development of which has come to an end (eg. UHU, Antergos Linux), the distribution page will be clarified, synchronization of "dead" distributions will be ended, but will remain available on the server and new distributions will be registered eg. Devuan.
The following processes have been automated, made available, or expanded: - update library size on the distribution page - display current connections (http, https, rsyncd) - display daily / monthly / total network traffic - a public rsync status page showing the synchronization state of the distribution and projects, and the previous Google map has been changed to OpenStreetMap on the status page. ☺
For those who synchronize from QM, an important innovation is the News RSS and Uptime RSS streams, so that any access problems that occur on the mirror server are immediately notified and not later discovered that something is wrong and also the latest news and changes can be quickly found. News RSS is updated from the noc.quantum-mirror.hu subdomain, and Uptime RSS from Uptimerobot's servers, so they remain available even if the mirror has a problem. In addition, on the above-mentioned subdomain you can monitor the status of the service through the monitoring systems of Pingdom and Uptimerobot. Since the bandwidth is currently running out, it is worthwhile to perform the first synchronization between the night and the morning hours from 01:00 to 08:00, then there is approx. a 90-130Mb/s reserve in the system, and the use of flock for sync is strongly recommended. The number of simultaneous Rsync connections has changed from 30 to 60. As I mentioned above, the bandwidth is running out, and in the light of this, a new line of 350Mb/s upload bandwidth will be in service within a few weeks, so the current slow downloads will accelerate significantly. This will soon be the subject of detailed information in the news section. Subsequently, a significant increase in bandwidth is expected at the end of the year, but no later than in the first third of the following year.
New menu items Mirrors and HPCs subpage has gathered the currently active Hungarian mirror servers - if I missed one of them, then let me know, I could find these without a lot of search. It is good to see that the Széchenyi István University - although they have long been there with an unregistered Ubuntu Mirror - and the Governmental Information-Technology Development Agency have also appeared in the list, maybe something slowly starts at higher levels. Although not a novelty, you could observe the two small padlocks on the pages, one makes it easy to switch to http and the other to https. I thought the freedom of choice should be left here too and easier to use these, than to manually rewrite the url. Otherwise, the server does not use automatic redirection to https, because many distribution package handlers and scanners still use http as default, so it would be problematic for them. There are also no custom header and fancy index because of mirrorbrain problems with http-based scanning, so even though many distro have been used rsync for this purpose, I wanted to reduce the number of problems resulting from this to zero. There is no need to explain a lot the useful links subpage, imported from a previous site, and added some new links, thanks to the suggestions of enthusiastic users. Under the sponsors menu, you can find companies that support the operation and development of the mirror with their service or hardware. Thank you for your kind support!
Support and offerings I have received a lot of congratulations and hardware offerings from private individuals, which I am grateful for, but unfortunately I cannot accept the offerings for system compatibility and stability reasons, but I do not want to offend them by completely refusing their support, so within a few days and Thanks to Hellotux quality clothing items with Quantum Mirror embroidery will soon be available and after your orders, the mirror service will get free shirts, preserving the nonprofit nature of the site. Furthermore, if you have some free time and want to help with the work of the Linux Mint Hungarian community, you can volunteer at linuxmint.com and help you. articles in writing, translated. Although the service is not affiliated with linuxmint.com, I think Linux Mint Mate is one of the easiest-to-use distributions for beginners and it would be a pity if the Hungarian community site ceased to exist.
Future plans and developments In addition to adding additional distributions and projects, becoming an Archlinux Tier1 mirror also included in the plans as well as mirroring Wikimedia and OpenStreetMap projects. The service won't be an Ubuntu and Debian country mirror on the one hand, because there is already a mirror that successfully fulfills this role for about 20 years, and on the other hand I would like to leave the freedom of choice in this case as well. The development of the new 200TB system is underway, unfortunately it depends on hardware that has not yet been commercially available, so a little delay is expected.
Acknowledgments Finally, I would like to thank the professional work of the staff of ÉMÁSZ Nyrt. and Digi Kft., which guarantees the 99.95% data center grade availability for the service, and I would also like to express my special gratitude for the active assistance of the user - for his request without the indication of his name - who has also helped to solve the connectivity problem of users on the Digi NAT network last summer.
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Due to two stuck rsync processes, two distributions were not updated properly. The last functional synchronization of the Manjaro distro runs on November 23, Blackarch on October 18 - despite the flock. Unfortunately Manjaro's mirror monitor system was not warned about the unsynchronized data, this problem was reported to the developer of the given distribution. The synchronization of the affected distributions was restored early this afternoon, hereby I apologize to the Manjaro users - Balckarch is not yet officially registered - and, in order to prevent this kind of problem from occurring in the future, a public rsync diagnostic page will be introduced in the near future - alongside many other novelties. The error was detected and reported by a Manjaro user - Tibor Vucskics - what I would like to thank him for that! Update:
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 I'm already 2 years old. ☺
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DNS change
The service domain name has been changed to quantum-mirror.hu .
HTTPS and public RSYNC connection
The new domain is already accessible through https, and public rsync is available for up to 30 simultaneous connections.
Introduction of a new monitoring system
Thanks to the Uptimerobot service, a new public monitoring system
has been introduced, which also appears on the HTTPS page, and it's direct address status2.quantum-mirror.hu.
Storage capacity expansion
The storage capacity has been increased to 36TB, the first step towards the 200TB goal, which is expected to be accomplished by the end of 2019, naturally with a significant bandwidth expansion.
Contact e-mail address change
The mailing address changed to root [at] quantum-mirror [dot] hu .
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GNU, GNU Alpha and Savannah projects are now available for download from our server.
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Software can be downloaded from our mirror server.
IPFire Gimp Manjaro Linux (only repository) Trisquel (only ISO) OpenSUSE Leap
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We have optimized our mirror server between 11/28/2017 11:30 PM - 11/29/2017 01:00 AM, which resulted in improved access times.
The service temporarily paused during the aforementioned time interval.
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Currently, the links of the install images (ISOs) on our mirror server are now available from the official Linux Mint website.
In the operating system update manager, the server will be placed in the package mirror server list after a mirror-list package update that is expected in 2-3 weeks time.
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