Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:43:51 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Mark A. Bentley" <> | Subject | Re: ftp.kernel.org overloaded |
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On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > It seems to me that the main reason that ftp.kernel.org gets overloaded is > the vast number of people who are referred to it from sites which carry > announcements. Slashdot being the obvious offender here, but linuxhq and I'm > sure other sites are also guilty. Has anyone tried persuading them to carry > a mirror of anything they announce so as to reduce the strain? It seems like > a reasonable request. >
DNS could be setup such that when ftp users attempt to connect to ftp.kernel.org, it resolves to one of the mirror sites. For example, look at ftp.netscape.com's DNS entry:
[ttyp3] bentlema@feyd /home/staff03/bentlema% nslookup ftp.netscape.com Server: mail.cs.umn.edu Address: 128.101.230.70
Non-authoritative answer: Name: ftp.netscape.com Addresses: 204.152.166.60, 207.200.74.21, 207.200.74.22, 209.143.199.10 207.200.77.34, 207.200.77.46, 207.200.74.25, 207.200.74.26, 207.200.71.59, 204.152.166.47
One of the administrators at ftp.kernel.org would take on a little bit more responsibility maintaining the DNS entry, but it would sure help distribute the load.
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