On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Joseph L. Casale <jcasale at activenetwerx.com> wrote: > >We put out a new dvd every 3-6 months ... do you really need one more > >often than that? > > Heh, I don't "need" one more often, but it makes bandwidth easier to manage when doing test's and mock installs for example aside from the obvious time needed to run the update's. > > I created a local mirror which at least cuts dl time and bandwidth down! > > Is it possible though? > > jlc Some people might. I remember dealing with a client in the middle of India which had a really slow net connection. So being able to download updates and "roll-their-own-dvd-with-updates" could be useful to some. Personally, I've setup a local centos mirror which downloads updates once a day, and I use PXEBoot to image all my servers and have a bunch of custom kickstart files that do a lot of post installation configuration. I do this for convenience because I don't want to go out to a datacenter to reimage a server, instead I just log into a kvm. But it's practical for your local office as well. So if had a slow connection this is the way that I'd go. -- -matt