Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:12:45 +1100 (EST) From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> To: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sup%d is broken - I agree Message-ID: <199602070812.TAA21647@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <m0tjz3q-000CCzC@nemesis.lonestar.org> from "Frank Durda IV" at Feb 6, 96 07:52:00 pm
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Frank Durda IV writes: > Since your assumption that problems getting into sup.freebsd.org is one > cause of sup2-n being "strange", .. This is probably a symptom of the disease itself .. the more heavily loaded freefall becomes, the less likely it is that mirrors will be able to get in and out quickly with coherent source trees. Then, as people realise the inconsistencies, they come back again (and again) to get the bits they think are wrong .. the problem just exponentiates. > why not do the following: [ .. lots of constructive suggestions .. ] It depends on where the load is .. if it's CPU and network related rather than disk, is it not possible to (NQ?)NFS-mount the relevant pieces of freefall's file structure and offer it to the mirrors via a separate interface and IP number or is the load of running an NFS server worse than the original disease ? michael
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