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#1 2011-02-01 05:43:17
- RiceKills
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ftp or http mirrors?
What are the pros/cons of using one or the other?
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#2 2011-02-01 09:24:42
- fukawi2
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Re: ftp or http mirrors?
Depending on your situation, one or the other may be firewalled (ie, in a corporate environment) so you would have to use the other (or a proxy).
In theory FTP should be faster, but IME it usually isn't.
EDIT: A HTTP mirror could use redirects to send your requests to other locations. This could be a good thing (tm) or a bad thing (tm) depending on how it is used. I don't recall ever seeing an Arch mirror do this.
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