Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly

[Chuck Robey]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote:

> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
> 

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