Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

No quite right, however it is measured in hops. Distance and remoteness often influence amount of hops. Time is the issue here and time is consumed with every hop. If it takes 30 hops to reach Germany from Alaska and only 10 to reach Japan the decisions is clear. Useful tools, if you currently don

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

Op Monday 07 May 2007 11:55:37 schreef Morten Bjørnsvik: > |-Original Message- > |From: Marcus Meissner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > |> I don't think this is OT at all. If update server addresses are > |> dished out in a round-robin fashion this might distribute the load, > |> but is fa

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

Sean Craig wrote: > How big is this circle? I'm based in the Middle East, and have gotten > update servers from Russia, UK, Aus - that's a very big circle! > > I believe the radius is only 20,000 km. ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

RE: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

|-Original Message- |From: Marcus Meissner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |> I don't think this is OT at all. If update server addresses are |> dished out in a round-robin fashion this might distribute the load, |> but is far from optimal. Surely there is a more intelligent method |> ba

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

Sean Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How big is this circle? I'm based in the Middle East, and have gotten > update servers from Russia, UK, Aus - that's a very big circle! It depends on how many servers are in your area, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~a

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

How big is this circle? I'm based in the Middle East, and have gotten update servers from Russia, UK, Aus - that's a very big circle! Regards Sean Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 12:13:35PM +0400, Sean Craig wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I don't think this is OT at all. If update

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 12:16:45PM +0400, Sean Craig wrote: > In 10.2, as far as I know, you do no choose an update server. The setup > tool contact a Novell server and you get one update server returned. You can of course change the server later on, in the "Installation Source" module. Ciao, M

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

In 10.2, as far as I know, you do no choose an update server. The setup tool contact a Novell server and you get one update server returned. Regards Sean John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 06 May 2007, Registration Account wrote: > >> I just completed another install of 10.2 and I live in A

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 12:13:35PM +0400, Sean Craig wrote: > Hi, > > I don't think this is OT at all. If update server addresses are dished > out in a round-robin fashion this might distribute the load, but is far > from optimal. Surely there is a more intelligent method based on the > originat

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

Hi, I don't think this is OT at all. If update server addresses are dished out in a round-robin fashion this might distribute the load, but is far from optimal. Surely there is a more intelligent method based on the originating IP range? If web servers can generate country-specific statistics t

Re: [opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

On Sunday 06 May 2007, Registration Account wrote: > I just completed another install of 10.2 and I live in Australia...O.K > The update server the install program choose for me is in > Russia!! > There are 2 x mirrors in my country 1 in Japan and a few in Asia I think > may hav

[opensuse] Update Server - Very OT!!

I just completed another install of 10.2 and I live in Australia...O.K The update server the install program choose for me is in Russia!! There are 2 x mirrors in my country 1 in Japan and a few in Asia I think may have been a better choice. I don't know what process the Novell