Very interesting high performance challenge. We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of requests per second here that we need to handle!

If you are one of these guys that likes C/C++ coz you like to have control of what your code actually does and like to work in a team of brilliant nutcases, please do apply.

The ideal candidate:

• is pretty familiar with gcc and linux
• very open-minded and a good logical thinker
• familiar with ruby
• familiar with libevent
• familiar with nginx

This is for a TX Fort Worth based startup.

Please email your resume to jobs at simpli dot fi. No .doc, only txt or pdf.

Thanks to GetDigital for the great pic!

A central (and probably the most obvious) part is a "download redirector" which automatically redirects requests from web browsers or download programs to a mirror server near them.

Choosing a suitable mirror for a users request is the key, and MirrorBrain uses geolocation and global routing data to make a sensible choice, and achieve load-balancing for the mirrors at the same time. The used algorithm is both sophisticated and easy to control and tune. In addition, MirrorBrain monitors mirrors, scans them for files, generates mirror lists, and more.

mirrorbrain.org/

github.com/apenwarr/bup

lwn.net/SubscriberLink/357658/850cc9db246f941d/

www.cs.cornell.edu/projects/ladis2009/talks/dean-keynote-ladis2009.pdf

 watch ls -lhr

I keep the status in one screen. Really useful!