Mirroring The GJT

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Mirroring The Giant Java Tree

As the GJT grows in size and number of developers, bandwidth will naturally become an issue. The obvious solution is to mirror the site. However, mirroring the GJT is not as simple has a traditional mirror, since the site is very dynamic, and is built on top of several datasources, including the CVS repository, and SQL database.

Since the project is still not completed, and thus is in flux, we have decided not to establish any mirrors until the design has settled down. Once we are ready to mirror, we have to decide exactly what that means. I believe this list helps itemize the most significant things:

Mirror the web pages.
Mirror the CVS repository itself.
Mirror the SQL database.
Install Apache.
Install ModPerl (this may go away thanks to servlets!)
Install JServ Module
Install MySQL
Install JDK
Install related tools (cvsweb, bonsai, etc.)

So keep these items in mind as you ponder the idea of mirroring the tree.