> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John R Pierce
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:27 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: 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.
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