Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 16:34:41 -0800 (PST) From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) To: jdp@polstra.com Cc: freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: cvsup5.FreeBSD.ORG is open for business Message-ID: <199902040034.QAA24973@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990203095256.jdp@polstra.com> (message from John Polstra on Wed, 03 Feb 1999 09:52:56 -0800 (PST))
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* From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> * > I've been wondering, would it be feasible to have aliases like * > "cvsup-georgia" and "ftp-texas" so people can more easily pick * > the site that's closest to them. * * Probably not. People would still have to look in the Handbook to find * out which states had servers at all. E.g., somebody in Ohio couldn't Yes, that's what I meant. Right now what we get is a list of numbers, which doesn't serve as anything except a reminder what is the highest numbered site available in your nation. :) * F5 Labs (www.f5.com) makes a pretty cool product called 3DNS that * would solve the whole problem very nicely. We could have just a * single alias "cvsup.FreeBSD.ORG". The 3DNS system would resolve it to * the "best" mirror site for each client, based on all kinds of metrics * such as RTT between client and server, current server loads, etc. * It's slick, but I doubt we could afford it. :-) That would be nice. I know graphical regioning doesn't always work, but won't it at least be a little better than the current "pick any number between 1 and N" method? At least it will make it easier for people to remember which one to use if they go through the trouble to traceroute all sites. :) Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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