Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:40:14 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly Message-ID: <20000121154014.B43755@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200001211911.LAA11686@vashon.polstra.com>; from jdp@polstra.com on Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 11:11:17AM -0800 References: <XFMail.000121104339.jdp@polstra.com> <200001211911.LAA11686@vashon.polstra.com>
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 11:11:17AM -0800, John Polstra wrote: > I have been reminded that a few mirrors (cvsup8 in particular) filter > pings. Don't take ping failures as a certain indication that the > server is down. On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 11:22:33AM -0800, Amancio Hasty wrote: > So have the cvsup client do the pinging to the server and extract > its current work load or other vital statistic. I have to agree with Amancio. Otherwise how are we to determine if cvsup8 is worth our time? I personally will not be switching to it until I can determine it is a better path for me. Possibly, being ping'able should be be a requirement to being a CVSup mirror. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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