On Aug 8, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > On Aug 8, 2016, at 10:25 AM, Daniel J. Luke wrote: >> On Aug 7, 2016, at 5:22 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >>> It decides this based on lowest ping time. This is not necessarily 100% >>> reliable: it's possible for a server to respond quickly to pings but slowly >>> to actual file transfers. >> >> If this is true for any of our mirror sites, they shouldn't be mirror sites. >> >> Mirrors should have adequate bandwith to push data, so the determining >> factor in transfer speed is going to be the rtt (see also tcp bandwith-delay >> product). > > As I said in my next sentence: > >>> The UWaterloo server is often the one chosen for me, and it's been fast for >>> me, but it depends on your unique network situation.
I'm interested in what unique network situation causes the rtt test to be an unreliable indicator of which mirror to choose. -- Daniel J. Luke _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
