Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:41:12 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: bv@wjv.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stable-digest V5 #251 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20010821094112.01137910@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20010821101906.B2138@wjv.com> References: <bulk.48437.20010821000451@hub.freebsd.org> <bulk.48437.20010821000451@hub.freebsd.org>
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Sheesh... I would think one would also look at the time... At 10:19 AM 8.21.2001 -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:51:52 -0500 From: >> jacks@sage-american.com Subject: Re: CVSUP >> >> Yeah, there are about 17 sites in the USA. Best to run traceroute >> on each to find the fastest site. Sometimes closer is not >> better.... many are more than 20 hops while another is only 11 >> hops (from here).... but depends on your location too. > >You'll be better off paying attention the transit times on traceroute >than hop count. A closer site may be slow than one with a larger >hop count. I've found that in my case. I've found some that are 4 >or 5 hops closer that are over 60ms longer. eg 11 hops at 110ms >vs 15 hops at 37ms. I've always used the further route because it >was the fastest of the ones I had tested. > >Thanks to your post, and I had not realized there were now 17 cvsup >servers, I started traceroute on all of them and >found another 11 hop that trimmed 12 seconds off of my previous >faster link. Down to 27ms - but my servers are in a well-connect >colo -L3. My shortest hop count was over 60ms. > >So you need to test for your site. > >Bill > > >-- >Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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