[Request] Put updates on CloudFront

[Mochaka]

Hey guys,

 

This is a simple request, and will improve a minor inconvenience for a lot of people. 

 

Currently when downloading OS updates, it grabs them as ZIP form from the Unraid S3 bucket.

 

I would ask that you put the S3 bucket behind AWS CloudFront, so that it has a global presence.

 

Currently downloading the update takes ages to download, even though i have fast internet, due to the fact that I'm in Australia and the S3 bucket is in America.

 

Putting it behind CloudFront would mean that i download my copy from a local server at full speed, instead of having to download it from so far away.

 

Setting up CloudFront literally takes a couple minutes, may even cost less in bandwidth then S3, and would just require a URL update.

 

I hope this can be implemented :)

 

Thanks

[Mochaka]

No one agrees lol?

[bonienl]

LOL. You guys down under are too far away 😁

[tjb_altf4]

Another Oz user, I don't think there's any significant speed issues, but I think there could be merit in pre-downloading updates to reduce downtime during update process.

[Squid]

53 minutes ago, tjb_altf4 said:

pre-downloading updates to reduce downtime during update process.

How so?  The only downtime is the reboot

[ClintE]

32 minutes ago, Squid said:

How so?  The only downtime is the reboot

Like some other applications etc. do it; download the update, have it available for install, notify user. Maybe choices on whether to automatically download, install, and notify user to reboot; download and notify; or just notification of update available without download.

[Mochaka]

8 hours ago, tjb_altf4 said:

Another Oz user, I don't think there's any significant speed issues, but I think there could be merit in pre-downloading updates to reduce downtime during update process.

It downloads at about 1MB/s, whereas i have Fiber and can download at 20MB/s. It's the difference between taking 5minutes to download and a couple of seconds.

It's not a huge issue, it'll just improve the quality of life for people who don't live in the USA.

[Marshalleq]

I agree with this, also being 'down under' in NZ.  Cloudfront is a very low cost solution that increases the experience to customers quite significantly.  It will even improve locally.  I use it on a few sites and the bill is surprisingly low.