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MIRRORED PROJECTS

Namedirectory/moduleSourceUpdate AardDict aarddict (confidential) 12h AlmaLinux
almalinux rsync.repo.almalinux.org 3h Alpine Linux alpine rsync.alpinelinux.org
4h Arch Linux archlinux rsync.archlinux.org 1m Arch Linux ARM archlinux-arm
archlinuxarm.org push Artix Linux artixlinux mirror1.artixlinux.org 6h BackBox
Linux backbox mirror.backbox.org 6h BlackArch Linux blackarch blackarch.org 2h
Blender blender (confidential) 6h CAINE caine archive.parrotsec.org 6h CCC ccc
koeln.ftp.media.ccc.de 12h CentOS centos msync.centos.org 6h CentOS Stream
centos-stream rsync.stream.centos.org 6h CPAN cpan cpan-rsync.perl.org 1m Cygwin
cygwin cygwin.com 6h Debian debian syncproxy2.eu.debian.org push Debian CD
debian-cd cdimage.debian.org push Eclipse eclipse rsync2.osuosl.org 4h ELReo
elrepo mirrors.coreix.net 6h Fedora fedora ftp.fau.de 2h Fedora EPEL fedora-epel
ftp.tu-chemnitz.de 2h FreeBSD freebsd ftp-master.eu.freebsd.org 6h Gentoo gentoo
masterdistfiles-eu.gentoo.org 4h Gentoo Portage gentoo-portage
masterportage.gentoo.org 30m GNU gnu mirror.netcologne.de 4h Grml grml
ftp-master.grml.org 4h Hirens Boot CD hirensbootcd rsync.hirensbootcd.org 4h
Jenkins CI jenkins rsync.osuosl.org 1h Kali Linux kali archive.kali.org push
Kali Linux Images kali-images archive.kali.org 6h Knoppix knoppix ftp.knoppix.nl
6h Knoppix DVD knoppix-dvd ftp.knoppix.nl 6h LibreELEC libreelec
releases.libreelec.tv 6h Linux Mint linuxmint rsync-packages.linuxmint.com 6h
Manjaro Linux manjaro repo.manjaro.org 6h MX Linux mxlinux rsync-mxlinux.org 6h
OpenBSD openbsd ftp.eu.openbsd.org 6h openSUSE opensuse
stage-main-repos.opensuse.org 6h OSMC osmc rsync.samnazarko.co.uk 2h PackMan
packman packman.links2linux.de 1h Parrot Security OS parrotsec rsync.parrot.sh
1m Qubes OS qubes ftp.qubes-os.org 6h Raspberry Pi raspberrypi
apt-repo.raspberrypi.org 6h Raspbian raspbian archive.raspbian.org 6h Rocky
Linux rockylinux msync.rockylinux.org 4h Schilytools schilytools fuz.su 6h
Siduction siduction packages.siduction.org 4h Slackware ARM slackwarearm - push
Tails tails mirrors.rsync.tails.boum.org 1h Document Foundation tdf
rsync-stage.documentfoundation.org push TurnKey Linux turnkeylinux
rsync.turnkeylinux.org 1h Ubuntu ubuntu gb.rsync.archive.ubuntu.com push Ubuntu
Releases ubuntu-releases gb.rsync.releases.ubuntu.com push VideoLAN videolan
rsync.videolan.org 2h XBMC xbmc rsync.xbmc.org push Zorin OS zorinos
mirror.zorinos.com 6h


This server offers HTTP(s), FTP, and RSYNC. It also runs
 * a full Bitcoin node
 * a relay in the Tor network
 * a nostr relay at wss://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/nostr



PROJECT HISTORY

This project started as a hobby of students in the Halifax dormitory of RWTH
Aachen University as early as 2006. Using spare and loaned hardware in
combination with the generous Gigabit network link provided by the university's
computing center, the first incarnation of 'ftp.halifax.RWTH-Aachen.DE' provided
about a TByte of data, mostly Linux distributions. In addition to the obligatory
HTTP and FTP services, the server offered RSYNC access. Furthermore, which was
uncommon for FTP servers, several 'hot' files were seeded using BitTorrent. This
way, the server managed to put out up to 1.7 GBit/sec after some new software
release.

To combat stability issues, the team tried to get hold of better server
hardware. Thanks to the university's computing center (providing housing,
storage and network connectivity), Offensive Security for a RAM upgrade, and
Fujitsu (providing the server hardware) the server offered more data with higher
speeds from 2010 to 2015. At peak times up to 9.81 GBit/sec were served.

At the end of 2015, the RWTH Aachen University IT Center organized replacement
hardware. With this hardware we can offer even more data, now at up to 20
GBit/sec.

At the end of 2023, Dell Technologies donated new hardware (as shown below).
Thanks to this generous donation and continued support of the IT Center of RWTH
Aachen University, we can now serve around 60 TBytes worth of data at up to 20
GBit/sec.



HARDWARE

 * Dell PowerEdge R760xd2 (2 RU)
 * 2x Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ (2x 8 Cores)
 * 256 GByte RAM (DDR5)
 * 76 TByte storage (gross, 19x 4 TByte)
 * 3x 800 GByte SSD (for caching)
 * 2x 10 GBit/sec network connectivity
 * 200 GBit/sec Internet backbone (RWTH Aachen University)



SOFTWARE

This server runs Debian GNU/Linux with Nginx, vsftpd and Samba rsync servers.
For mirror synchronization we use ftpsync from the Debian project. The Bitcoin
client is bitcoind (Bitcoin Core). The nostr relay implementation is
nostr-rs-relay. The data is organized with the help of ZFS.



CONTACT

The following former students of RWTH Aachen University administer this server:
Hendrik Fabelje, Dr. Carsten Otto
Feel free to contact us with questions or suggestions.

The team can be contacted at ftp@halifax.rwth-aachen.de (you're blocked? see
below!)

Do you think you are blocked, i.e. unable to reach ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de?
Some "security" or "DDoS protection" appliances (for example "Arbor Prevail",
"ATLAS", "Check Point", "Unifi") block our server, presumably because it also
provides Tor relays. If you think you are blocked by us, please first check if
you blocked yourself using one of those appliances.