On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Oskar Pearson wrote:
> When multiple dns entries are returned, cache them all identically,
> my reasoning is as follows - when the new version of Netscape came out,
> they had a random load balancing system to keep their servers sane.
>
> BUT - they had about 20 servers, so, while one of our users downloaded
> netscape from ftp1, 19 other people were downloading it from the
> other servers... This problem can only get worse :(
It should get better. I think the solution to this problem should occur
on the server side. There is a commercial product out now that basically
(among other things) squishes all IP's into 1:
http://www.hydraweb.com/faq.html, I imagine there will be other
similiar solutions in the future.
I have no connections with hydraweb other than seeing them at ISPCON, and
being impressed with their product.
regards,
-joe
Received on Wed Aug 21 1996 - 03:09:17 MDT
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