[CentOS-mirror] Releases & Mirrors not able to sync with the master pool

So, I have a few questions about the future of the CentOS mirror network
since the release of 5.4 is soon.

Is there any possibility that the rsync master pool will eventually have a
direct link to the Internet2 Network?? If not, is there any way for a
mirror (like mirror.clarkson.edu) to avoid the delay in syncing new releases
like 5.4 prior to the bitflip?

I'm asking this because the Clarkson mirror was unable to sync the release
of 4.8 prior to the bitflip occurring since we are forced to sync with a
mirror that is on the Internet2 Network.? I would prefer to avoid delays in
being able to serve new releases, if possible.

Thanks for any help you can provide,
Matt


PS - It appears that someone (taylorvang2199) has posted something similar
to an advertisement on the bottom of the CentOS Mirroring HowTo page.?

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Mathew S. McCarrell
Clarkson University '10

mccarrms at gmail.com
mccarrms at clarkson.edu
1-518-314-9214

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Roberto R. Morelli wrote:

If interested, you can pick the mirror from our site ESnet (
http://linux.mirrors.es.net) which mirrors directly with Centos master and
also has access to I2.

Cheers,
Roberto

--On October 13, 2009 11:37:37 PM -0400 "Mathew S. McCarrell"
wrote:


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Roberto,

Thanks for your offer but I don't think it will fix the issue that our
mirror is experiencing since I believe it is related to the permissions on
the new directories prior to a new official release.

Below is a what I saw prior to the release of 4.8 back in August.

rsync: opendir "/4.8" (in centos) failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors)
(code 23) at main.c(1505) [generator=3.0.6]

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Mathew S. McCarrell
Clarkson University '10

mccarrms at gmail.com
mccarrms at clarkson.edu
1-518-314-9214




On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Roberto R. Morelli wrote:

If interested, you can pick the mirror from our site ESnet (
http://linux.mirrors.es.net) which mirrors directly with Centos master and
also has access to I2.

Cheers,
Roberto

--On October 13, 2009 11:37:37 PM -0400 "Mathew S. McCarrell"



wrote:


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Energy Sciences Network
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510-486-7255

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On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Roberto R. Morelli wrote:

True. I checked the logs for our system and centos has been mirroring
error
free from msync.CentOS.org rsync service (centosk3) for a very long time.
Our
last sync was with msync-dvd.centos.org at Tue Oct 13 19:01:04 PDT 2009.
Do
not know if the host info is of any help.

-Roberto

--On October 13, 2009 11:56:12 PM -0400 "Mathew S. McCarrell"
wrote:
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On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Mathew S. McCarrell wrote:

So, I have a few questions about the future of the CentOS mirror network
since the release of 5.4 is soon.

Is there any possibility that the rsync master pool will eventually have
a direct link to the Internet2 Network?? If not, is there any way for a
mirror (like mirror.clarkson.edu) to avoid the delay in syncing new
releases like 5.4 prior to the bitflip?

I'm asking this because the Clarkson mirror was unable to sync the
release of 4.8 prior to the bitflip occurring since we are forced to
sync with a mirror that is on the Internet2 Network.? I would prefer to
avoid delays in being able to serve new releases, if possible.

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:09 AM, David Richardson wrote:

I may have a solution for you.

I have setup a second machine at the University of Utah. I have the full
CentOS tree, including the DVD images, from the CentOS masters. I have
lots of bandwidth available, especially on the research networks
(Internet2 and NLR).

This second box is intended for other public mirrors (it only hosts CentOS
so far), not end-users. Therefore, it is rsync only, and only by prior
arrangement (I'll open it to any listed tier one CentOS mirror that asks).

I have also configured it to allow you to get the contents before the
bitflip.

While not an official centos.org service, I think this would meet your
desires.

DR

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