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Hi, I wonder about the performance of a Linux box used as router (I guest I''m not the first :). Althought I know it mainly depends on the hardware, I''m trying to find some references on the topic or comparations with other routing solutions (FreeBSD box used as router, Cisco, etc). For example, http://facweb.cti.depaul.edu/jyu/Publications/Yu-Linux-TSM2004.pdf (althought is

...e to have an rsync option to update the whole transaction in a atomic (or near-atomic way). This will also prevent the current problems when a mirror is rsyncing another mirror that is rsyncing itself. Since I have little bandwidth to update than most other mirrors, I'm often caught in this secnario. There are other ways to work around it, either by uploading in different steps (which is impractical in my scenario) or by using a staging area (which is impossible and impractical for large mirror sites). An option to atomically sync a transaction set would be a god gift for situations like...