On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Mathew S. McCarrell wrote: > So, I have a few questions about the future of the CentOS mirror network > since the release of 5.4 is soon. > > Is there any possibility that the rsync master pool will eventually have > a direct link to the Internet2 Network? If not, is there any way for a > mirror (like mirror.clarkson.edu) to avoid the delay in syncing new > releases like 5.4 prior to the bitflip? > > I'm asking this because the Clarkson mirror was unable to sync the > release of 4.8 prior to the bitflip occurring since we are forced to > sync with a mirror that is on the Internet2 Network. I would prefer to > avoid delays in being able to serve new releases, if possible. I may have a solution for you. I have setup a second machine at the University of Utah. I have the full CentOS tree, including the DVD images, from the CentOS masters. I have lots of bandwidth available, especially on the research networks (Internet2 and NLR). This second box is intended for other public mirrors (it only hosts CentOS so far), not end-users. Therefore, it is rsync only, and only by prior arrangement (I'll open it to any listed tier one CentOS mirror that asks). I have also configured it to allow you to get the contents before the bitflip. While not an official centos.org service, I think this would meet your desires. DR -- David Richardson <david.richardson at utah.edu> "There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up." -- Archie Goodwin, Death of a Doxy