Questions on mirroring RIPE

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Andrei Robachevsky wrote:

> > Would an alternative option for priming a v3 server be to make a
> > compressed snapshot of the MySQL database and remove the need to load the
> > raw data into the MySQL database via the server?
> 
> Yes. Since you are running v3 software, this is a preferred option.
> However, it is only available for NRTM mirrors. The instructions on how
> to download a MySQL snapshot and bootstrap the database were sent to all
> NRTM clients and APNIC contact is on this mailing list. We will contact
> you directly to discuss this issue.

My apologies.  The APNIC contact for NRTM issues was waiting on sufficient
production resources to be able to implement a proper RIPE -> APNIC NRTM,
and was not contacted by the development side regarding possible updates
or easier solutions on RIPE NRTM issues.

Regards,

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  Bruce Campbell <bruce.campbell at apnic.net>                +61-7-3367-0490
                      Systems Administrator     Regional Internet Registry
    Asia Pacific Network Information Centre    For the Asia Pacific Region