From e2950664a5dd1f38ab50beea378472307af1d5cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick McDermott <pehjota>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:22:24 -0400
Subject: dev/archive/mirroring: Introduce classifications

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diff --git a/dev/archive/mirroring.mdwn b/dev/archive/mirroring.mdwn
index a951e2a..322fc9f 100644
--- a/dev/archive/mirroring.mdwn
+++ b/dev/archive/mirroring.mdwn
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ reference deleted files.
 Serving the archive mirror at `/pub/proteanos` over HTTP and FTP is recommended,
 but any path and either protocol may be used.
 
+Mirrors are classified by their synchronization source as either "primary" or
+"secondary" as described below.  This design distributes synchronization
+bandwidth usage more efficiently across the mirror network.  Secondary mirrors
+will typically update a few hours after primary mirrors do, but are otherwise
+still "first-class citizens".  All mirrors regardless of classification are
+treated equally by [[prokit]], the installer utility that selects a mirror.
+
+Please configure private mirrors as secondary mirrors, so as to reserve
+ProteanOS project bandwidth for those that contribute bandwidth back to the
+project.
+
 [arch-conf]: http://files.proteanos.com/pub/proteanos/conf
 
 Primary Public Mirror
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