Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 09:13:21 +1100 From: "Andrew Reilly" <areilly@nsw.bigpond.net.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, joe@pavilion.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly Message-ID: <20000122091321.A45218@gurney.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001211624150.320-100000@picnic.mat.net> References: <200001212114.OAA14047@harmony.village.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001211624150.320-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 04:24:41PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001211603190.320-100000@picnic.mat.net> Chuck Robey writes: > > : I would think using a fixed order would be a really bad thing, causing > > : overload of the first server in line. Did I misunderstand you? How about > > : doing a script (say in perl, it has random numbers) that randomly picks > > : the server from a list? That way, the list could even be weighted, so as > > : to allow for greater or lesser machine resources (like net access). > > > > That's one of the things I have to fix up. This script is good for > > me, but bad for everyone. Enhancements like this would be a good > > thing. Got time? > > I don't know perl. Darn. Yes, I will learn perl. Now. sh has random numbers. Spelled "jot -r". -- Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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