Finally broke down and did it

[nicholas]

This is exactly why I staged it over a long period of time. Give me some credit. Sheesh. Read the OP.

You mean you didn't just leave 'wget -m' running over your lunch break?

[nicholas]

Much to my own annoyance, no. I did bits and pieces of trees at a time. Once I finally had it all downloaded, I then waited an extra day and then ran an FTP sync using Transmit to pick up the new files.

Now I can do this once a day and not put any real strain on anything. Today was 22 new files.

West Coast US mirror time? Or would you need unlimited upload bandwidth at home for that?

[nicholas]

Not entirely sure what you mean by this. I downloaded it from wherever I was as I was getting the bits and pieces. Sometimes at work, sometimes at home, etc...

I meant is it time to start your own mirror?