Hoi,
I am not so much interested in what they use. What I would like to suggest
is that we have partners in both Africa and Asia. They are likely to have
the expertise to run a caching centre on our behalf. They provide us a
service in bringing Wikipedia at no cost to their customers. When we pay
them to run a non-discriminatory caching service, it would increase our
service and maybe even the cost of transatlantic traffic.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 19 October 2013 13:25, Leslie Carr <lcarr(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi,
Are some of our partners in Wikipedia Zero not caching already ?
Thanks,
GerardM
Are you asking if they have varnish caches (they do not) or if they
are using some web caching on their environment (which is possible,
using transparent proxies , though I do not know of providers who use
them... however my mobile web ecosystem knowledge is limited)
On 19 October 2013 12:59, Leslie Carr
<lcarr(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl>
> wrote:
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > Op 18-10-2013 22:05, Ken Snider schreef:
> >
> >> The Wikimedia Foundation's Technical Operations team is seeking
> proposals
> >> on the provisioning of a new data-centre facility.
> >>
> >> After working through the specifics internally, we now have a public
RFP
> >> posted[1] and ready for proposals.
We invite any organization meeting
> the
> >> requirements outlined to submit a proposal for review.
> >
> > You have stated some technical requirements, but not the availability
you
> > would like to have. You probably want to
include that you're looking
for
Is
> > this one going to replace the Florida
data center? Where are you
keeping
documentation these days? The information on wikitech
seems to be very
incomplete and outdated.
Wikitech is our best source of documentation....
Something related: While travelling in China I noticed the bad
performance
of our sites. Would it be a good idea to
investigate this (lack of)
performance and maybe consider a caching site somewhere in Asia? The
latency
connectivity by
the way.
(Employee hat) - we are starting to move some of the Asian traffic to
a new caching center on the US west coast, which has helped latency.
(Personal hat) - I would love to get an Asian caching center (Hong
Kong or Tokyo would be my top 2 choices), but IMHO the biggest barrier
to this the time and availability of people resources.
Maarten
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