> > Thanks and I understand the reasoning. The current ftp server won't be > > able to do http and use of siteXX files prevents using an external > > source. Will nfs be supported or am I going to need more hardware? > > > > For more than 7 years, I have been using installation file sets as well as > siteXX files on USB thumbdrives for installing and testing snapshots. So > you don't need a lot of extra hardware at all.
Another reason for doing this is so that in the future we can "gut" the fetching program to not have the totally enormous FTP code path.
