On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Takayuki Muranushi <muranushi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm building a computer cluster with about 20 nodes, all of them > running ArchLinux. One of them is the 'login' node connected to the > Internet, other nodes share Internet connection via the login node > being a router. > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Internet_Share > > Now, when I update the system (pacman -Syu) or install package on all > node, I think it's a bad idea because it will consume the mirror > bandwidth proportional to the number of the nodes. Maybe it's not a > big issue for 20 nodes, but I'd like to learn nevertheless for future > use, that: > > Is there a way to cache the pacman transaction at the login node, so > that the communication between the login node and the mirror is > constant, and the rest of communications only take place within the > LAN? > Is seting up a pacman mirror at the login node is the correct solution? > > Best, > > Takayuki Muranushi > Haven't used it myself, but this [1] might do the trick. [1] http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/pacserve/
