To properly host a source mirror you should have a minimum of 2Mbps upstream bandwidth. ADSL and cable connections do not generally make adequate connections for distfile hosts due to their limited upstream performance.

We ask that you support a minimum of 5 and preferrably 10 concurrent user connections.

We ask that source mirrors be updated at least 3-4 times throughout the day. At a minimum, source mirrors should be updated once per day.

for new source mirror requests, the procedure will be as follows:

Someone asks to be a mirror, then we verify that the mirror exists and we can connect to it properly. Then, in the next 48-72 hours we will determine if your mirror is syncing correctly with www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ and accordingly with this policy.

If all steps went smoothly, we will then add you to our list of download mirrors on the main web site.

Additionally, you, the mirror admin will be added to the gentoo-mirrors mailing list (low traffic) so that you can folllow all issues associated with source mirrors.

A: klieber@gentoo.org

A: mirror-admin@gentoo.org

A) mirrorselect was designed to do this for you. If you haven't already run emerge mirrorselect then do it. Then run: mirrorselect. An ncurses-based menu will display allowing you to select a mirror close to you.