We currently have only one mirror server:
We're also working on an east coast US mirror server -- please let us know of you have space/bandwidth to host a mirror server. MusicBrainz can even provide the hardware for this mirror.
Setting up your own mirror:
To set up your own mirror for private or public use, you will need the following:
- A linux machine, (recent distributions work best) with at least 2-3 Gigs of available hard drive space. For a private mirror (read: used by only a few people) a 1Ghz processor with 256MB of RAM will suffice. If you plan to make the mirror available to the public, you should have at least a 2Ghz processor with 2GB of RAM. 4GB RAM would be best!
- Bandwidth requirements for a mirror are currently hard to judge -- we're just getting started setting up mirrors and our client software is not fully ready to take advantage of our mirrors yet. Take a look at our web usage statistics to get an idea how much traffic the main server gets. A mirror server would surely use less bandwidth, so this should give you an idea of a reasonable upper bound.
To install the mirror, you will need to check out the mb_server project from Subversion and the follow the instructions in the ServerSetup documentation. If you have any trouble setting up the server (it's a fair amount of work, so be warned!) post your questions to the musicbrainz-devel mailing list and we'll try and help you out.
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