On Monday 21 June 2004 16:19, Patrick Okui wrote: > On Monday 21 June 2004 14:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] > > > So I would like to hand a challenge to the techies, (Lugs ) etc, how do > > we create more local content. > > [...] > > considering that most ISPs have Squid cache boxes on their networks, > peering the caches over the IXP means that any particular ISP will only > fetch a web object only if no other ISP has it which would be good for a > start IMHO.
That would be nice - the only problem would be ensuring that the peering is configured correctly, otherwise one ISP may end up carrying most of the load for the rest, especially if it has a bigger cache. This wouldn't be a problem if the requests were localised, but since typical configurations need to run the TCP_IMS (If Modified Since) algorithm, an Internet connection has to be established to check the lateness of the requested page. This would also introduce further delay. Mark. > > Of course the biggest hurdle will be overcomming issues like "I have a > bigger cache" etc... but that would be a start. Also, much as (if I > understand the policy correctly) there's a policy that discourages (if not > forbids) servers at the IX, is there any chance of convincing yahoo/hotmail > to create a local mirror? - I'm assuming of course that most of our traffic > is to those 2 sites (which was true some time back - not sure about now). > > just my Shs .02 > > patrick. > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
