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Infrastructure: Blender.Org Error with mirror automatically selected when downloading blender #98995

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opened 2022-06-19 21:20:01 +02:00 by Ian Pretorius · 7 comments
Ian Pretorius commented 2022-06-19 21:20:01 +02:00
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No machine specs are required for this report as the bug is not related to the blender app or a users machine but rather to the website Infrastructure.

I live in South Africa and when downloading Blender from the official website the automatically selected miror is practically non functional. Causing download times over 7 hours. I need to cancel the download and manually select the USA mirror each time. Then it downloads in 2 minutes.

I made a video to show the issue described :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgAY0J2Y3UA

the mirror is [Vereniging NLUUG (South Africa)]

This has been like this for some time already and it is a terrible situation for anyone new to blender wanting to download it for the first time.

thanks

No machine specs are required for this report as the bug is not related to the blender app or a users machine but rather to the website Infrastructure. I live in South Africa and when downloading Blender from the official website the automatically selected miror is practically non functional. Causing download times over 7 hours. I need to cancel the download and manually select the USA mirror each time. Then it downloads in 2 minutes. I made a video to show the issue described : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgAY0J2Y3UA the mirror is [Vereniging NLUUG (South Africa)] This has been like this for some time already and it is a terrible situation for anyone new to blender wanting to download it for the first time. thanks
Ian Pretorius commented 2022-06-19 21:20:01 +02:00
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Added subscriber: @shaderbytes

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Danny McGrath commented 2022-06-20 17:46:20 +02:00
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Added subscribers: @pablovazquez, @dmcgrath

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Danny McGrath commented 2022-06-20 17:46:20 +02:00
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Maybe @pablovazquez can take a look?

Maybe @pablovazquez can take a look?
Pablo Vazquez commented 2022-07-14 15:28:48 +02:00
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Hi, thanks for the report.

Indeed Africa (the entire continent) was set to download from Vereniging NLUUG (The Netherlands), since that was one of the most performant mirrors in the area time ago. Since then we now have new mirrors from other places that often work better.

Could you please download the following files and let me know which one gives you the best speeds?

  1. https://mirrors.aliyun.com/blender/release/Blender3.2/blender-3.2.1-windows-x64.msi
  2. https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/blender/release/Blender3.2/blender-3.2.1-windows-x64.msi
  3. https://mirror.freedif.org/blender/release/Blender3.2/blender-3.2.1-windows-x64.msi

Then I will set that mirror to be the main mirror for Africa.

Thanks!

Hi, thanks for the report. Indeed Africa (the entire continent) was set to download from Vereniging NLUUG (The Netherlands), since that was one of the most performant mirrors in the area time ago. Since then we now have new mirrors from other places that often work better. Could you please download the following files and let me know which one gives you the best speeds? 1. https://mirrors.aliyun.com/blender/release/Blender3.2/blender-3.2.1-windows-x64.msi 2. https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/blender/release/Blender3.2/blender-3.2.1-windows-x64.msi 3. https://mirror.freedif.org/blender/release/Blender3.2/blender-3.2.1-windows-x64.msi Then I will set that mirror to be the main mirror for Africa. Thanks!
Pablo Vazquez self-assigned this 2022-07-14 15:28:54 +02:00
Ian Pretorius commented 2022-07-19 16:11:21 +02:00
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HI Pablo

Link number 1 was perfect , downloaded in 1 minute. ( 1:13 to be exaact ;)

number two was bad and jumped to 19 minutes then jumped around at 15-16 minutes before I cancelled.

Link number three , started off well saying two minutes , went down for the first 10 seconds but then started slowing down and the time started creeping up, 3 then 5 then 7 minutes , I also cancelled it after that.

cheers

HI Pablo Link number 1 was perfect , downloaded in 1 minute. ( 1:13 to be exaact ;) number two was bad and jumped to 19 minutes then jumped around at 15-16 minutes before I cancelled. Link number three , started off well saying two minutes , went down for the first 10 seconds but then started slowing down and the time started creeping up, 3 then 5 then 7 minutes , I also cancelled it after that. cheers
Pablo Vazquez commented 2022-07-24 22:04:33 +02:00
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Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Resolved'

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Resolved'
Pablo Vazquez commented 2022-07-24 22:04:33 +02:00
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Thanks for testing @shaderbytes!

I have set mirror 1 to be the default now for South Africa, and entire Africa in general for now unless people report slow speeds in other countries in the continent.

Closing this as resolved.

Thanks for testing @shaderbytes! I have set mirror 1 to be the default now for South Africa, and entire Africa in general for now unless people report slow speeds in other countries in the continent. Closing this as resolved.
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