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  1. Bug #913235
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Comment 5 for bug 913235

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In , Remco Rijnders (remco-p) wrote :

It sounds good to me. One thing I notice though is this in the FAQ on mirrorbrain:

  Is only HTTP supported?

  No — FTP mirrors are fully supported, in addition to HTTP. Furthermore, BitTorrent can be integrated via Metalinks.

  To scan mirrors for their content, rsync is used. It is the most efficient method for that purpose. However, if rsync isn't available on a mirror, FTP and HTTP can be used as fallback.

However, looking at http://mirrors.mageia.org/ it seems only about half of the mirrors offer rsync access. I'm wondering what the difference in "efficiency" is between these methods for both the mageia server as well as the mirror.