Re: Please help spread the CVSup mirror load more evenly

[Amancio Hasty]

> > 
> > There are  couple of RFCs on network load balancing with 
> > respect to servers or services and I am sure that there
> > are also widely available research papers. 
> 
> Most of those concentrate on balancing the load on the server
> itself.  How about balancing the load on the network paths,
> I doubt very much that we have a server load problem near as
> much as we have a network load problem due to people not
> having ready access to the data that says ``this server is
> closest network wise to me''.
> 
> 

Hi Rod!

Perhaps RFC 2391 may be of use.

Network Working Group                                       P. Srisuresh
Request for Comments: 2391                           Lucent Technologies
Category: Informational                                           D. Gan
                                                  Juniper Networks, Inc.
                                                             August 1998


       Load Sharing using IP Network Address Translation (LSNAT)





        Enjoy



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