Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:07:29 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly Message-ID: <20000121190729.C58872@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000121104339.jdp@polstra.com> References: <XFMail.000121104339.jdp@polstra.com>
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 10:43:39AM -0800, John Polstra wrote: > > To choose a mirror site, try pinging the mirrors in your country. > Pick one with a low packet loss rate. The round trip time doesn't > matter very much as long as it doesn't undergo wild variations. > Second, pick a site that's not too heavily loaded. If your update > _ever_ fails because the server is too busy, then you should try a > different mirror -- because there are many mirrors that aren't even > close to their full loads even at the busiest of times. > > Thanks for your cooperation. > > John Can you make cvsup accept multiple servers to try in it's configuration file? Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: Take the red pill and we'll show you just how Technical Manager deep the rabbit hole goes. (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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