Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly

[Andrew Reilly]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 04:24:41PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote:
> 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.

sh has random numbers.  Spelled "jot -r".

-- 
Andrew


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