On Tuesday 15 June 2004 4:35 am, Damian Menscher wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> > Ryan Moore wrote:
> > > Damian Menscher wrote:
> > >> What do you get when you do "host database.clamav.net" ?
> > >
> > > Yea, doh. Is the DNS supposed to return a RR based on your location?
> >
> > Actually, for database.clamav.net, the answer is yes.
> > Or to be specific, based on your IP address.
> > It's an effort to balance mirror load among mirrors.
>
> Ok, so we've established that it's supposed to figure out your region
> based on your IP, and we've established that for several of us it is
> failing. Why? Anyone know how that was set up? I don't think I know
> enough about DNS to troubleshoot this.... (I'm pushing the issue
> because it seems like the "other" mirrors are going to be overloaded if
> this is a common problem.)
No need to assume the "other" servers will be overloaded, because if you're
experiencing DNS resolution which leads you to a mirror which isn't the
(geographically) closest, then it's reasonable to assume that other people
will too - and depending on where they are, they may get pointed at one of
the mirrors which is close to you instead of close to them.
People may not be pointed at the (geographically) closest mirror to
themselves, but the system should certainly spread the load amongst the
various database servers.
Regards,
Antony.
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