Mirror

ALT Linux Mirrors

what, where, how much

The whole repository including ISOs is at rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/ (you probably don't want all of that -- 581G by 2009-12-12); parts of it are updated roughly daily. There are also distinct parts specifically worth mirroring, namely latest stable release and current/unstable branch (Sisyphus). Overall picture is currently like this:

Latest stable release, "platform 5"

rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/p5/

35Gb, static+updated; consists of:

• rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/p5/iso/ark/

8.0Gb, static between point releases

• rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/p5/iso/school/

8.4Gb — ditto

• rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/p5/branch/

47Gb (stable, i586+x86_64) — updates after QA from 5.1/branch

Old stable

rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/4.0/

112Gb, static+updated; consists of:

• rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/4.0/Desktop/

51Gb (4.0.[0123], i586) — static between point releases

• rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/4.0/Server/

45Gb (4.0.[01], i586+x86_64) — ditto

• rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/4.0/branch/

30Gb (current, i586+x86_64) — "old stable", updated rarely by now

Its ISOs are here (included in the above):

• ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/4.0/Desktop/current/iso/

4.4Gb, static between point releases

• ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/4.0/Server/current/iso/

18Gb, ditto

Updates

rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/updates/ — ca. 4.8Gb as of 2009-12-12

Unstable

rsync://rsync.altlinux.org/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/ — 57Gb as of 2009-12-12

TODO: add year-over-year growth rates observed, see archives

excludes

You might want to specificaly exclude known ancient (even if decent back then, e.g. Compact 2.3 and Master 2.4) — or too specific — parts of the archive, that is everything before 4.0 (including old/</tt).

references

• Sisyphus mirror — an article in Russian, including scripts for daily snapshots