Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:24:41 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, joe@pavilion.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001211624150.320-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <200001212114.OAA14047@harmony.village.org>
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001211603190.320-100000@picnic.mat.net> Chuck Robey writes: > : I would think using a fixed order would be a really bad thing, causing > : overload of the first server in line. Did I misunderstand you? How about > : doing a script (say in perl, it has random numbers) that randomly picks > : the server from a list? That way, the list could even be weighted, so as > : to allow for greater or lesser machine resources (like net access). > > That's one of the things I have to fix up. This script is good for > me, but bad for everyone. Enhancements like this would be a good > thing. Got time? I don't know perl. Darn. Yes, I will learn perl. Now. > > Warner > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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