6.6. yum-plugin-fastestmirror

This extension is designed to list mirrors by response speed before a download begins.

When attempting an yum operation, there is always this sorting. You can check its effectiveness by disabling and enabling the extension doing the same download y denying the us of the cache.

6.6.1. Configuration

/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf

[main]
enabled=1
verbose=0
always_print_best_host = true
socket_timeout=3
hostfilepath=timedhosts.txt
maxhostfileage=10
maxthreads=15
#exclude=.gov, facebook
#include_only=.nl,.de,.uk,.ie

enabled = 0|1: Enable extension at a general level.
verbose = true|false: Prints more information on the progress of computing.
always_print_best_host = true|false: Prints information about the best mirror after probing.
hostfilepath = ruta_archivo: Absolute or relative path to the file with the information of all measured mirrors, typically timedhosts.txt. If this is a relative path, cachedir is used as the root to the path.
maxhostfileage = integer: Max cache file age in days.
maxthreads = integer: Max number of threads used by the extension for its computings.
socket_timeout = integer: Timeout in seconds for the network connection to the repository being tested.