On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 13:52, Peter Farrow wrote: > You should re-write yum so that it searches for a different [random] > mirror for each rpm it needs. > > That way the load is spread. > > I could run a mirror for you, I would be willing to donate 1/4 meg > uncontended when my 2 meg feed goes in in december.... > > I don't have much bandwidth spare but I want to do my bit... That would suck for the user, quite a lot. The whole point of going until you find a reliable mirror is to make it better for the user. the best way to offload the load is to organize the mirrors. Have the primary be mirrors-only and everyone else connect to a list of mirrors. -sv