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I thought about that about 20 secs after I sent the mail, thinking about
partly retrieved updates & missing rpms,
so yes I agree....
P.
seth vidal wrote:
>On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 13:52, Peter Farrow wrote:
>
>
>>You should re-write yum so that it searches for a different [random]
>>mirror for each rpm it needs.
>>
>>That way the load is spread.
>>
>>I could run a mirror for you, I would be willing to donate 1/4 meg
>>uncontended when my 2 meg feed goes in in december....
>>
>>I don't have much bandwidth spare but I want to do my bit...
>>
>>
>
>That would suck for the user, quite a lot.
>
>The whole point of going until you find a reliable mirror is to make it
>better for the user.
>
>the best way to offload the load is to organize the mirrors. Have the
>primary be mirrors-only and everyone else connect to a list of mirrors.
>
>-sv
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I thought about that about 20 secs after I sent the mail, thinking
about partly retrieved updates & missing rpms,<br>
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so yes I agree....<br>
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P.<br>
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seth vidal wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">You should re-write yum so that it searches for a different [random]
mirror for each rpm it needs.
That way the load is spread.
I could run a mirror for you, I would be willing to donate 1/4 meg
uncontended when my 2 meg feed goes in in december....
I don't have much bandwidth spare but I want to do my bit...
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That would suck for the user, quite a lot.
The whole point of going until you find a reliable mirror is to make it
better for the user.
the best way to offload the load is to organize the mirrors. Have the
primary be mirrors-only and everyone else connect to a list of mirrors.
-sv
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