> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:27 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] minimize download bandwidth techniques > > Dale Sykora wrote: > > I know of a few techniques for minimizing server bandwidth when > > bittorent is not an option. > > > > 1) If you have the beta isos, you can rename them as centos > 5 isos and > > then rsync from a mirror that allows rsync (such as > kernel.org). Then > > only changes from beta to centos 5 plus some overhead is > downloaded. > > I suppose you could use this technique with bittorrent too. > > > > if one file near the beginning of the ISO changes size by > even a block, then the whole rest of the ISO will be > different, this will gain you nothing. I used to download K12LTSP isos this way between beta versions and it seemed to speed up the process. I suppose your mileage may vary.