Peer-to-peer binary cache RFC/working group/poll

[adam248]

I only just noticed this thread. Here is my two-cents in reply to another post page.

The NixOS Foundation's Call to Action: S3 Costs Require Community Support

The way I see it, the main problem is actually three problems. Storage. Bandwidth. Growth. Currently, cache.nixos.org has to handle all this by itself and is charged by AWS. Regarding bandwidth: Using a peer-to-peer system allows for the distribution of bandwidth across multiple systems. This directly reduces the bandwidth load on cache.nixos.org and therefore reduces costs. Regarding growth: As the Nix community grows, so does the demand for the cache. This is a direct relationship and, …