----- "Tru Huynh" <tru at centos.org> wrote: > 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 Thank you again for your help. I'll look into the Squid option. --Tim