[OSM-dev] Mirror Planet.openstreetmap.org?

[Grant Slater]

planet.openstreetmap.org Mirror-er,

There are major changes coming to the directory structure / file
layout of the *planet.osm* files on planet.openstreetmap.org later
this week.

If you use rsync to mirror the site, please turn on rsync
"--hard-links" if possible.

You will save a SIGNIFICANT amount of bandwidth (and time) if you
rsync with the -H or --hard-links option. This option is not turned on
by default (even if using -a)

I have already informed heanet, up.ac.za and gwdg.de but I do not have
contacts for the other mirrors listed on
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Worldwide_data

Regards
 Grant
 Part of OpenStreetMap sysadmin team