Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:41:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: Jim Mock <jim@blues.ghis.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: followup: advocacy.freebsd.org (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908061240130.45391-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <19990806112413.A38499@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Nik Clayton wrote: > Note that simply having the mirrors pull the content off the central > database is not, IMHO, acceptable. This removes most of the advantages > of mirroring the site, as we then have (a) a single point of failure > that can bring down all the mirrors, and (b) the page will still only > appear as fast as the connection between the mirror site and the > central database. This completely destroys the usefulness of the > mirrors. Good DBAs address these problems with replication. -- - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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