Nexus can be configured to download POMs and artifacts from a remote repository's mirror. Nexus can also be used to configure a list of mirror URLs for a hosted repository. When Nexus interacts with a mirror, it offloads the bulk of the bandwidth to the mirror when it downloads artifacts and POMs from the mirror. At the same time it is saving bandwidth, Nexus is careful to download secure artifacts such as the PGP signatures, MD5 checksums, and SHA1 checksums from the "canonical repository URL".
Nexus Pro Features
Nexus Testimonials
"2008 saw the emergence of a new leader in this field, in the form of Nexus. Nexus is easy to use and configure, making administration of a Maven repository a real pleasure."
John Ferguson Smart, JavaWorld.com, 12/27/08
"The documentation is excellent and the application is very intuitive. This team repository greatly increases our team productivity. Thank you so much"
Luke Bishop from Sonatype blog comments 1/7/2009.
"At Intuit, we recognize that as builds grow and the teams who create them change over time, swift, accurate repository management becomes critical. Nexus provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use open source solution that lets teams and developers track, search, organize and access build components."
Kaizer Sogiawala, Software Configuration Management Engineer, Intuit.
"We have adopted Maven for all our software development projects and have started using Nexus to better support our development processes. The support for promotion and procurement workflows in Nexus Professional now expands Nexus with a robust set of additional features which make it easier for us to maintain consistency between our development, testing and production environments."
Chris Maki, Principal Software Engineer, Overstock.com
"We have adopted Nexus Professional to better manage not only our own repositories but also the depending repositories on the net. And with the support for Staging and Artifact procurement we have more controle over the artifacts produced and used by Marvelution projects. Another nice feature is the Maven Settings templates, it allows users to configure the repositories easier and quicker. Overall Nexus is the perfect platform to manage all your required repositories, being hosted or proxied, it is easy to use and allows for fast searching and uploading of artifacts."
Mark Rekveld, Marvelution