[CentOS-mirror] Obsolete DVD ISOs in CentOS mirrors

Mon Apr 18 17:38:52 UTC 2011
Bill Glick <wglick at ncsa.illinois.edu>

Kelvin,

This is happening because only a few sites are allowed to rsync to the official CentOS DVD mirror.  Many tier 1 mirrors, like mirror.ncsa.illinois.edu, are having to mirror their DVD images from other tier 1 mirrors, rather than directly from the CentOS official DVD mirror.  So, you will see some variance in the DVD ISOs.

-Bill


----- Original Message -----
> I help maintain a private mirror for my company. I recently found out
> that
> our mirror is still carrying CentOS DVD ISOs for 5.3 and 5.4. I
> deleted
> them, and my next rsync (from mirrors.kernel.org) brought them back.
> 
> I sampled a few of the other tier-1 mirrors (constraints: providing
> DVDs and
> RSYNC access, and first few on the mirror list) and found that:
> * mirrors.kernel.org has 5.3 & 5.4 DVD isos.
> * mirror.ncsa.illinois.edu has 5.3 and 5.4 DVD isos.
> * mirror.steadfast.net has 5.3 and 5.4 DVD isos
> * centos.mirror.netriplex.com has 5.3 and 5.4 DVD isos
> 
> Is there any reason to still keep these around? Can they be deleted
> from
> tehse mirrors (or the master mirrors) or should I modify my rsync
> scripts
> locally?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kelvin
> 
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