[CentOS-mirror] Mirror question
Ralph Angenendt
ralph.angenendt at gmail.com
Thu Jan 6 15:58:24 EST 2011
Am 06.01.11 19:57, schrieb Rex Dieter:
> On 01/06/2011 12:39 PM, Andre Dault wrote:
>
>> I was wondering, how does the "fastest mirror" algorithm work?
>
> Very simple/naive, compares ping response times, see
> /var/cache/yum/timedhosts.txt for last-used values (which I sometimes
> tweak by hand to get mirrors I want).
It at least does a connect() to the host in question.
Ralph
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