What is Mirror site?

[yamamura]

A mirror is a Web site or set of files on a computer server that has been copied to another computer server so that the site or files are available from more than one place.


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[marionsawyer]

The site may be mirrored to reduce traffic at the main site, or used as a backup site in case there's a problem with the main site. You can even mirror a Web site on your home computer. Here's how.

 

[swatilodhi]

A Web site that is a replica of an already existing site, used to reduce network traffic (hits on a server) or improve the availability of the original site. Mirror sites are useful when the original site generates too much traffic for a single server to support.