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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


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