On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 02:51:41PM -0600, Tim Nelson wrote: > > I appreciate the pointer above in regards to mirror usage. I'd be creating > this local mirror to remove some load from the other mirrors as we provision > anywhere between 1-25 CentOS based servers per week. In this case, what > mirror would I use for syncing these repos? any of the public mirrors listed at http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=30 http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=31 http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=32 pick the closest to you (rsync?) and as a courtesy to the mirror manager you are pulling from, just send them an email? > > Also, is it possible to create a repo in a sort of 'cache' mode where > packages are only stored on the local repo if requested by a device using the > repo? Essentially a 'yum caching proxy' for lack of a better term? a squid proxy might be able to do it (the centos mailing list may be more appropriate for this kind of discussion), see also cobbler. Cheers. Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-mirror/attachments/20090217/122704b1/attachment-0004.sig>