Re: [ILUG] Red Hat 8.0 - Irish mirrors

From: Colin Whittaker (grimnar at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Mon 30 Sep 2002 - 15:29:02 IST


Philip Trickett stated the following on Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:20:55PM +0100 :
> Just a quick question, does the rsync protocol have alot more overhead
> than ftp? Which protocol would place the least strain on the servers
> (ftp I presume?)

HTTP is probably best if your going to try fetching an iso and have a
nice stable link,

rsync is handy for keeping lots of files in sync or fixing corrupt ISO's

Colin

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