How much space does the rsync tree take up? On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:52:26 -0400 daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On June 13, 2003 11:48 am, Cal Evans wrote: > > Just curious, how did you setup a private rsync server? > > it wasn't anything really impressive, i just installed > gentoo-rsync-mirror and followed the instructions at: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml > > and in my "rsync-gentoo-portage.sh" file, i put this as the "SRC" > line: > > SRC="rsync://rsync.ca.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" > > and then have every computer on my lan sync with that box (including > the server itself since i'm not sure it's safe to have the server dump > everything right into the server's portage directory, so i have two > "copies" of portage on the server: /usr/portage and > /opt/gentoo-rsync/portage. if someone knows if i can/should > amalgamate these, it would be appreciated). > > the only thing that makes it "private" is (a) i haven't applied to be > part of the round-robin system, and (b) the server is firewalled off > from the world, so the only machines that can see/use it are mine. > > so yeah, that's it. if anyone thinks that this may be bad, or > detrimental to the community, please say so 'cause that's the last > thing i want to do, i thought this would be best, 'cause it takes the > load off the round-robin system and gives my lan a single hit, rather > than multiple ones. -- http://www.pcisys.net/~brihall Linux Consultant The meek shall inherit the earth, the rest of us will go to the stars. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
