What mirrors to use with IDNET ??

[ngner]

Hello All,

I'm new to IDNet and also to the UK.  I'm hoping to see if IDNet have their own Mirrors for Linux distros.  I need mirrors for Centos, Debian and Ubuntu.  Typically in Aus the ISPs host their own mirrors and do not charge for the download (does not affect your download quota).

If they don't any recommendations on local repos?

Ta

[Simon]

The only mirrors I know about are the ones I shave in, but I'm sure someone more technical will be along soon. 

You may get an answer on this more quickly by giving IDNet a call on 0800 331 7000.

[ngner]

I have emailed them just before posting.

They do not run any Mirror servers themselves and were not in a position to give a recommendation.  So they don't have any preferences or "no impact on download quota" mirror sites to recommend.

They were kind enough to provide me a link to
https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/

I might try some speed tests and I'll post a response.

[pctech]

A lot of the UK universities host mirror servers but don't think a lot of the UK ISPs do now (not an IDNet customer so can't say for certain) and it's unlikely such traffic would be exempt from metering unfortunately.

[nowster]

Upstream bandwidth is very much cheaper than the backhaul from your exchange to IDNet's network. That's why mirroring has no benefits in cost nowadays.

[ngner]

Hi All

I found oxford universities mirrors for CentOS were fast (also for CPAN if you use perl)
http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/mirror.centos.org/
This gets found by YUM as fastest with defauls anyway.

For Ubuntu Canonical have a local repo. so leaving apt with:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
works great.

So in summary don't bother changing anything from defaults for Ubuntu or CentOS - it just works !!