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Date:      Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:12:59 -0400 (AST)
From:      The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        Rob Furphy <rfurphy@ox.com>, <java@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: JDK1.1.8 'primary' mirror needed
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0102221510250.16616-100000@mobile.hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <14997.24306.122041.556234@nomad.yogotech.com>

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Nate Williams wrote:

> > > > What's the monthly traffic level in GigaBytes?
> > >
> > > I have no idea, because I lost access to the ftp server when I left my
> > > previous job.
> >
> > instead of one advertised primary, how about making a 'java.freebsd.org'
> > RR record in DNS pointing to all the various 'mirrors', so that DNS
> > handles load balancing across several servers?
>
> Good idea.  Who do I talk to about this?

I'd say Jordan would be a good start ... creating the RR record is easy
enough ... basically, the 'load' on the freebsd server would be restricted
to the mirrors doing the updates, and the load on the mirrors would be
split semi-evenly ...


> Nate
> > > > > > What about webspace on freebsd.org ? Would make a nice set of
> > > > > > mirrors. I guess jkh is the one to talk to then. Or perhaps we could
> > > > > > get some space on a (FreeBSD || UNIX) User Group ftp server
> > > > > > somewhere. Like the NLFUG or NLUUG.
> > > > >
> > > > > It was originally on freebsd.org, but the WWW-meister asked me to move
> > > > > it off due to too much load.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nate
> > > > >
> > > > > > > I can be secondary. My site is http://www.jollem.com/. It has very limited
> > > > > > > bandwidth (20 KB upstream) but as a secondary it's better than nothing I
> > > > > > > guess. If you like I can send you your account name and password any time.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Ernst
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Nate Williams wrote:
> > > > > > > > 12 months after I left, my previous employer finally took down the
> > > > > > > > anonymous ftp site that was being used for the JDK1.1 port.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I need someone to host the primary site, and will probably need a
> > > > > > > > primary and secondaries for the upcoming JDK1.2 port.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Any volunteers?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Nate
> > > > > > > >
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> > Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
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