[nzlug] Ubuntu Update Rate / Size etc

[Kealey, Martin, ihug-NZ]

nzlug-bounces at linux.net.nz wrote:
> Anyone got much experience running a local updates server on their
> LAN to service multiple systems?  Does said system need to field
> copies of _every_ update or can it somehow be smart about this and
> only download updates of packages known to be installed on LAN
> machines?

I just run Squid with a 20GB cache limit... simple, robust, zeroconf.

Then run a cron job on one host to do a prefetch to prime the cache,
if you care.

-Martin
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