Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:57:14 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: serving content from the closest server Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0201291249530.14819-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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What are some methods that content delivery services use for serving from an access point closest to the end user? Are there DNS servers that count the number of hops between the end user and the possible webservers, and then reply back with an address that is closest? Or maybe figure out the fastest? Or are there web servers (or a CGI or Apache module) that count the number of hops (or the amount of time) between it and the client -- and then either send a HTTP redirect or modify the HTML image or href links to point to a closer server? Jeremy C. Reed http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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