Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:01:08 +1000 (EST) From: jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br> Cc: hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp.us.freebsd.org Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.20.0109140758240.29054-100000@azure.dstc.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20010913164932.G6701@roma.coe.ufrj.br>
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote: > May I also sugest that we create ftp1.XX.freebsd.org, and that > ftp.XX.freebsd.org is just a round robin for all country's sites? this might work for some places, but overall it would not be a good idea - ftp.XX.freebsd.org should always be the `primary' (a tier-1 if possible) for the country (aka ftp1.XX.freebsd.org). if possible the other ftpX.XX.freebsd.org sites should try and (in order of preference) mirror from ftp1, a close tier-1, a close tier-2. in most countries, all the freebsd mirrors are NOT identical and in fact some have very different structures. if you round robin you might find installations/end users have very different paths or content to deal with every time. -jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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