This script tests a list of Apache mirrors for speed

mirror_test.sh

#!/bin/bash
# mirror_test.sh
# This script tests a list of Apache mirrors for speed
# 
# The scrip is based on Lance Rushing's <lance_rushing AT hotmail DOT com> script
# http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=251398 for Ubutnu mirrors
#
# This script is covered under the GNU Public License: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
# @AUTHOR Rad Cirskis <nad2000 AT gmail DOT com>
# @SINCE 8/1/2015
#

FILE=cassandra/2.2.0/apache-cassandra-2.2.0-bin.tar.gz
MIRRORS=$(curl "http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=${FILE}&as_json=1" | grep -oE "((http|ftp):[^\"]*)"
)

## Number of seconds before the test is considered a failure
TIMEOUT="5"
## Sting to store results in
RESULTS=""
for MIRROR in $MIRRORS ; do
	echo -n "Testing ${MIRROR} "
	URL="${MIRROR}%{FILE}"
	TIME=`curl --max-time $TIMEOUT --silent --output /dev/null --write-out %{time_total} $URL`
	if [ "$TIME" == "0.000" ] ; then
	echo $URL
		echo "Fail";
	else
		echo $TIME
		RESULTS="${RESULTS}${TIME}\t${MIRROR}\n";
	fi
done;
echo "\nResults:"
echo -e $RESULTS | sort -n