Introduction
test-ipv6.com is looking for mirrors, under a variety of models.
- Unofficial mirrors: You deploy for your organization or customer base as you see fit. Please stay on the v6code@test-ipv6.com mailing list, and keep your installation up to date!
- Official mirrors: if you don't mind being publicly listed on http://test-ipv6.com/mirrors.html or on ISOC's World IPv6 Day page
- Official load-balanced destinations - if needed I may need to shed some traffic from test-ipv6.com to the mirrors. I'll coordinate with you before this happens; and it is not a hard requirement, in order to be a mirror.
Mirror sites are beneficial:
- Country specific mirrors can help ensure localized content is translated, and focus on needs within that region.
- A distribution of mirrors can help some users understand if their are path-dependent failure cases
- Can provide necessary capacity if significantly high traffic hits the master site, more than the master site can accommodate.
Please keep up to date if you are going to run a mirror. Lots of changes are happening. These changes ultimately are for the end-user's benefit; and for our industry as a whole.
If you consider running a mirror, ask yourself these questions:
- Will it be for your customers only?
- Would you consider letting it be on the official mirrors list?
- Would you consider letting me HTTP redirect some traffic towards your mirror? (Not required, but appreciated!).
- Does it require translation for your audience? Who can do the translation?
- Who will keep the mirror up to date?
If I maintain your mirror: Please examine the following requirements.
Questions? Send them to jfesler@gigo.com / jfesler@test-ipv6.com .
