On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, phanisvara das wrote:

On Friday 09 October 2009 06:00:54 pm Doctor Who wrote:

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Is anyone else seeing very slow downloads when trying to update factory packages?  For me, it's been going on at least 14 hours now.

where are you located on this planet? i've seen this a few times, only once some 6 weeks ago, but i blame it on unreliable internet connection from india, where i'm living. i didn't notice any slowdown during the last couple days, though.

I'm in the US. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Larry Finger wrote:

On 10/09/2009 08:41 AM, Doctor Who wrote:

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, phanisvara das wrote:

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where are you located on this planet? i've seen this a few times, only once some 6 weeks ago, but i blame it on unreliable internet connection from india, where i'm living. i didn't notice any slowdown during the last couple days, though.

I'm in the US.

I did a network reinstall of M8 yesterday at about 5 PM CDT with no difficulties.

Hmm...I'm still seeing the slow behavior now. How can I troubleshoot where the issue is (my end, openSUSE server end, etc.)? Ping response to download.opensuse.org is avg. about 127ms. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Larry Finger wrote:

On 10/09/2009 10:01 AM, Doctor Who wrote:

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Hmm...I'm still seeing the slow behavior now. How can I troubleshoot where the issue is (my end, openSUSE server end, etc.)? Ping response to download.opensuse.org is avg. about 127ms.

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From the Kansas City area, my ping average is 141 ms. Yours should be OK, but that only tests the connections between you and the download site. It could be having congestion problems that were not present yesterday for me.

I just did a 'zypper dup' and got about 90 KiB/s throughput, but only 2 files for a total of 895 KiB were downloaded. Do remember that for downloads, download.opensuse.org is nothing but a redirector to the mirrors. Try connecting directly to one of the other mirrors (webbrowse to dowload.opensuse.org and click on the mirrors link for a file) ... maybe for some reason the mirror that was selected for you is having problems.

Regards, MasterPatricko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Doctor Who wrote:

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:54 AM, MasterPatricko wrote:

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Larry Finger wrote:

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On 10/09/2009 10:01 AM, Doctor Who wrote:

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Hmm...I'm still seeing the slow behavior now.  How can I troubleshoot where the issue is (my end, openSUSE server end, etc.)?  Ping response to download.opensuse.org is avg. about 127ms.

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From the Kansas City area, my ping average is 141 ms. Yours should be OK, but that only tests the connections between you and the download site. It could be having congestion problems that were not present yesterday for me.

I just did a 'zypper dup' and got about 90 KiB/s throughput, but only 2 files for a total of 895 KiB were downloaded. Do remember that for downloads, download.opensuse.org is nothing but a redirector to the mirrors. Try connecting directly to one of the other mirrors (webbrowse to dowload.opensuse.org and click on the mirrors link for a file) ... maybe for some reason the mirror that was selected for you is having problems.

Regards,

MasterPatricko

Is there some way to tell what mirror is being used when I try to update using download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss for example and is there some easy way to choose another or something like using 'fastest mirror' like other distros use? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

On Friday 09 October 2009 11:04:58 Doctor Who wrote:

Is there some way to tell what mirror is being used when I try to update using download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss for example and is there some easy way to choose another or something like using 'fastest mirror' like other distros use?

Look in the logs. For instance /var/log/zypper.log should have listed what mirror is used, so: grep "(log_redirects_curl)" /var/log/zypper.log will give you all involved mirrors. Here that list has 892 lines. Be aware that redirector (mirrorbrain) at http://download.opensuse.org is using multiple mirrors, even during one 'zypper dup' session, and the case where download is constantly slow can be something else, not a slow mirror. The logic behind mirror selection is quite complex and it takes in account not only "the fastest", but file availability, file size, distance from download location, and probably more. See http://mirrorbrain.org for more details. -- Regards, Rajko People of openSUSE editor. Latest interviews: http://news.opensuse.org/category/people-of-opensuse/ About us: http://en.opensuse.org/People_of_openSUSE/About -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Am Montag 12 Oktober 2009 schrieb Doctor Who:

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Rajko M. wrote:

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On Friday 09 October 2009 11:04:58 Doctor Who wrote:

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Is there some way to tell what mirror is being used when I try to update using download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss for example and is there some easy way to choose another or something like using 'fastest mirror' like other distros use?

Look in the logs. For instance /var/log/zypper.log should have listed what mirror is used, so:

grep "(log_redirects_curl)" /var/log/zypper.log

will give you all involved mirrors. Here that list has 892 lines.

Be aware that redirector (mirrorbrain) at http://download.opensuse.org is using multiple mirrors, even during one 'zypper dup' session, and the case where download is constantly slow can be something else, not a slow mirror. The logic behind mirror selection is quite complex and it takes in account not only "the fastest", but file availability, file size, distance from download location, and probably more. See http://mirrorbrain.org for more details.

Thanks. I ended up just hard-coding a faster mirror instead of using download.opensuse.org.

Could you still find out what mirror you used so we can fix the issue for everyone else? Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Am 09.10.2009 um 18:04 schrieb Doctor Who:

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Doctor Who wrote:

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:54 AM, MasterPatricko wrote:

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Larry Finger wrote:

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On 10/09/2009 10:01 AM, Doctor Who wrote:

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Hmm...I'm still seeing the slow behavior now. How can I troubleshoot where the issue is (my end, openSUSE server end, etc.)? Ping response to download.opensuse.org is avg. about 127ms.

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From the Kansas City area, my ping average is 141 ms. Yours should be OK, but that only tests the connections between you and the download site. It could be having congestion problems that were not present yesterday for me.

I just did a 'zypper dup' and got about 90 KiB/s throughput, but only 2 files for a total of 895 KiB were downloaded. Do remember that for downloads, download.opensuse.org is nothing but a redirector to the mirrors. Try connecting directly to one of the other mirrors (webbrowse to dowload.opensuse.org and click on the mirrors link for a file) ... maybe for some reason the mirror that was selected for you is having problems.

Regards,

MasterPatricko

Is there some way to tell what mirror is being used when I try to update using download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss for example and is there some easy way to choose another or something like using 'fastest mirror' like other distros use?

https://features.opensuse.org/305320 I opened a feature for that ("Show accessed mirror(s)"), but it seems to be in "rejected" state. However, it would be quite essential IMO to maintain mirror ecosystem health for everyone. I don't see how else it could be achieved. Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org