{"id":1818,"date":"2012-06-08T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T08:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2012-07-19T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T15:28:29","slug":"mirror-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2012\/06\/mirror-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirror sites at your disposalSpie\u00eblwebwerwe tot jou beskikking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know there are selected websites you have free access to? These websites are known as mirror sites.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0computing, a\u00a0mirror is an exact copy of a\u00a0data\u00a0set. On the\u00a0Internet, a\u00a0mirror site\u00a0is an exact copy of another Internet site. Mirror sites are most commonly used to provide multiple sources of the same information, and are of particular value as a way of providing reliable access to large\u00a0downloads. Mirroring is a type of\u00a0file synchronization and a\u00a0\u00a0live mirror<\/em>\u00a0is automatically updated as soon as the original is changed.<\/p>\n

But why the need for more than one version of the same website. A few reasons are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. To preserve a website or page, especially when it is closed or is about to be closed.<\/li>\n
  2. To allow faster downloads for users at a specific geographical location. For example, a\u00a0U.S.<\/a>\u00a0server could be mirrored in\u00a0Japan, allowing Japanese Internet users to download content faster from the local Japanese server than from the original American one.<\/li>\n
  3. To provide access to otherwise unavailable information. For example, when the popular\u00a0Google\u00a0search engine was banned in 2002 by the\u00a0People’s Republic of China, the mirror\u00a0elgooG<\/a>\u00a0was used as a way of effectively circumventing the ban.<\/li>\n
  4. To preserve historic content. Financial constraints and\/or bandwidth prevent the maintainers of a server from keeping older and unsupported content available to users who still may desire them; a mirror may be made to prevent this content from disappearing.<\/li>\n
  5. To balance load. If one server is extremely popular a mirror may help relieve this load\u00a0this server may become overloaded with demand. Alternative download points allow the total number of download requests to be spread among several servers, maintaining the availability of the distribution.<\/li>\n
  6. As a temporary measure to counterbalance a sudden, temporary increase in\u00a0traffic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n

    Therefore, before you download huge files from an international server and run up an exorbitant internet account, check whether there is a local version available. The following websites are available to you free of charge:<\/p>\n

    A large amount of software downloads are available at http:\/\/support.sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

    MIT OpenCourse Ware:\u00a0http:\/\/ocw.sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

    Mirror server for linux:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

    Mirror services available for free via TENET:\u00a0http:\/\/www.mirror.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

    The most popular Linux distros are available (Ubuntu,Debian, Fedora, Opensuse, Mandriva etc.)<\/p>\n

    Complete programming language mirrors are availabla at:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    CPAN (perl):\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.funet.fi\/pub\/languages\/perl\/CPAN\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    CTAN (Tex\/Latex):\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.dante.de\/tex-archive\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Python:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.python.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Mathematical languages:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    <\/strong>SageMath:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/www.sagemath.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Scilab (http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/scilab\/www.scilab.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    R\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/cran.za.r<\/a><\/p>\n

    Octava\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/octave<\/a><\/p>\n

    Opensource software:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    <\/strong>sourceware.org:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/sourceware.org\/pub\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Free Office packages:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    LibreOffice:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/libreoffice\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    OpenOffice:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/openoffice\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Downloadable antivirus updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mcafee:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.nai.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Symantec:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.symantec.com
    \n\/public\/english_us_canada\/antivirus_definitions\/norton_antivirus\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    Adobe Reader:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.adobe.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    SOURCE:\u00a0\u00a0www.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n

    Het jy geweet daar is sekere webwerwe waartoe jy plaaslik toegang na kan kry sonder dat jy nodig het om Inetkey te gebruik? Hierdie webwerwe staan bekend as spie\u00eblwebwerf, of te wel `n “mirror site”.<\/p>\n

    In die rekenaaromgewing is `n “mirror” `n presiese kopie van `n datastel en op die internet is `n “mirror site” die presiese kopie van `n ander internetwebwerf. Spie\u00eblwebwerwe word gereeld gebruik om veelvuldige bronne van dieselfde inligting te verskaf en is veral voordelig as betroubare toegang tot groot aflaaibare le\u00ears. “Mirroring” \u00a0is in kort dus `n tipe le\u00ear sinkroniseringsproses waar die aktiewe spie\u00eblwebwerf opdateer word sodra die oorspronklike webwerf verander.<\/p>\n

    Maar hoekom is dit nodig dat daar meer as een weergawes van dieselfde webwerf is? Enkele redes hiervoor is:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Om die bestaande weergawe te bewaar, veral as dit gesluit is of gesluit gaan word.<\/li>\n
    2. Sodat gebruikers vinniger inligting kan aflaai as dit plaaslik is. (`n Amerikaanse bediener kan byvoorbeeld `n spie\u00eblbeeld h\u00ea in Japan sodat Japanese internetgebruikers vinniger data kan aflaai.)<\/li>\n
    3. Toegang tot andersins onbereikbare inligting. (Google is byvoorbeeld verban in China in 2002 en `n spie\u00eblwebwerf\u00a0elgooG<\/a>\u00a0is daargestel om steeds toegang te gee.)<\/li>\n
    4. Om ouer inligting te argiveer wat te duur word om te huisves op die hoofwebwerf.<\/li>\n
    5. Om die lading in internetverkeer te verlig.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Voordat jy dus groot le\u00ears en sagteware aflaai vanaf `n internasionale webwerf en jou internetrekening opjaag, maak eers seker dat daar nie `n plaaslike weergawe is nie. Die volgende klompie webwerwe is teen geen onkoste beskikbaar vir jou:<\/p>\n

      `n Verskeidenheid sagteware is beskikbaar by http:\/\/support.sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

      MIT OpenCourse Ware:\u00a0http:\/\/ocw.sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

      Mirror server vir linux:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

      Mirror dienste gratis beskikbaar via TENET:\u00a0http:\/\/www.mirror.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

      Bekendste linux distros is beskikbaar (Ubuntu,Debian, Fedora, Opensuse, Mandriva ens.)<\/p>\n

      Volledige Programeringstale mirrors is beskikbaar by:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      CPAN (perl):\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.funet.fi\/pub\/languages\/perl\/CPAN\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      CTAN (Tex\/Latex):\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.dante.de\/tex-archive\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      Python:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.python.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      Wiskundige tale:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      <\/strong>SageMath:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/www.sagemath.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      Scilab (http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/scilab\/www.scilab.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      R http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/cran.za.r<\/a><\/p>\n

      Octava http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/octave<\/a><\/p>\n

      Oopbron sagteware:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      <\/strong>sourceware.org:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/sourceware.org\/pub\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      Gratis Officepakket:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      LibreOffice:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/libreoffice\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      OpenOffice:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/openoffice\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      Aflaaibare antivirus opdaterings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Mcafee:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.nai.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      Symantec:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.symantec.com\/public\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      english_us_canada\/antivirus_definitions\/norton_antivirus\/<\/p>\n

      Adobe Reader:\u00a0http:\/\/ftp.sun.ac.za\/ftp\/pub\/mirrors\/ftp.adobe.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

      BRON:\u00a0\u00a0www.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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