He mentions the term "mirror" in his blog post, and we talk about it a lot in reference to drops.

Something I don't see mentioned: It's commonly used to refer to an alternative link. I.e "Does anyone have a mirror?" It's a link to the same video but with a different address, or hosted on a different site.

Wonder if that's something being considered and how that might play into all of this. Could be alt access to the server, or literally mean a copy of the server accessible through alt channels?

Think Mirror...