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On Tue, 18 May 2010 18:19:06 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> The advantage of http-replicator is that it is a caching proxy - if it |
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> isnt in the cache, it downloads it and then serves it out to one or more |
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> clients - rsync/FTP/wget/... can just share whats already there, not go |
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> get the file in the first place. |
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What happens if the proxy is not available, such as when a laptop is away |
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from home? With NFS, the DISTDIR share simply isn't mounted and files are |
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downloaded to the local directory, there's no configuration switch needed |
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when away from home. |
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Caching the files locally does have its advantages, but for me the only |
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computer that would benefit from it, my netbook, is the one with the |
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least storage space to spare. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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