iim - an instant mirroring client for CPAN

iim : what it is

• program iim provides instant mirroring of CPAN.
• iim is easy to install and easy to test.
• iim is robust, simple and efficient.

• iim is an alternative for rrr-client.
  • iim is more efficient than rrr-client, especially on startup ;
  • iim has some extra features that may help CPAN mirror operators.
    It makes instant mirroring as easy as conventional mirroring.

iim : what it does

• It can be hard to mirror CPAN because CPAN is big : some 400,000 objects.
• CPAN offers a solution : with instant mirroring you can track the changes in CPAN.
• iim does instant mirroring ; it picks up the changes in CPAN, and applies them to your mirror.
• iim starts mirroring right after start-up ; if the local copy is too much out-of-date, a full rsync is done first ;
  then, iim starts tracking the changes in the CPAN master archive.

iim : documentation, source

• read the manual page → install → testing → production → RELEASE-NOTES
• browse the iim subversion repository
• find out how iim works
• download :
  • preferred → checkout the latest svn revision
  • the same stuff ...
    • as tar.gz package : iim-0.4.5.tar.gz or iim.tar.gz
    • by rsync from rsync.cs.uu.nl::iim
  • ... and then there's also the bleeding edge ;
    rsync from rsync.cs.uu.nl::iim-test

iim : at work

• iim keeps a scoreboard that shows various timers, counters and other status info.

iim	organisation	location	CPAN mirror	date
scoreboard	Computer Science Dept, Utrecht University	→ map	archive.cs.uu.nl	last
scoreboard	Institut de Biologie et de Chimie des Protéines	→ map	mirror.ibcp.fr	last
scoreboard	Italian Academic and Research telecommunication network	→ map	bo.mirror.garr.it	last
scoreboard	Fiat Tux - Le blog de Luc Didry	→ map	cpan.fiat-tux.fr	last
scoreboard	DIGIPOWER Co.,Ltd., Việt Nam	→ map	digipower.vn	last
scoreboard	RUE Beltelecom, ByFly ISP, Мінск, Беларусь	→ map	byfly.by	last
scoreboard		→ map	mirror.datacenter.by	last
scoreboard	РосБизнесКонсалтинг, Москва́, Россия	→ map	rbc.ru	last
scoreboard	Dalian Neusoft University of Information, 大连东软信息学院, China	→ map	neusoft.edu.cn	last
scoreboard	Euserv Internet, Jena, Thüringen, Deutschland	→ map	euserv.net	last
scoreboard	Clouditalia Communications SpA, Arezzo, Toscana, Italia	→ map	eutelia.it	last
scoreboard	GloVine Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	→ map	bris.au.glomirror.com.au	last
scoreboard	GloVine Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	→ map	melb.au.glomirror.com.au	last
scoreboard	GloVine Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	→ map	syd.au.glomirror.com.au	last
scoreboard	GloVine Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	→ map	internal.syd.au.glomirror.com.au	last
scoreboard	GloVine Pty Ltd, Michigan, USA	→ map	mic.us.glomirror.com.au	last
scoreboard	ViaNett AS, Moss, Østfold, Norge	→ map	cpan.vianett.no	last
scoreboard	Dutch Unix Users Group NLUUG, Amsterdam, Netherlands	→ map	ftp.nluug.nl	last
scoreboard	Studentenwohnheim Hartmannstraße, Erlangen, Deutschland	→ map	hawo.stw.uni-erlangen.de	last
scoreboard	Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University	→ map	cpan.cse.msu.edu	last

iim : have you tried it ?

• If you have tried out iim, I would like to hear from you.
• Please mail me : penning@uu.nl.