On 9/28/07, Ask Bjørn Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When it has a list of zones, the server then picks a random 5 servers > to return, weighted by the netspeed setting.
Wouldn't it make sense to weight by a logarithmic or other sub-linear function of the netspeed instead? We surely wouldn't want a pool server with a gigabit connection receiving 667 times the traffic of a pool server behind a T1. Especially if that T1 is good, lightly used bandwidth from a Tier-1 provider and the Gigabit connection is shared by an entire university campus. I think weighting by something like netspeed^(1/3) (cube root) might be a good starting point. With that, a Gigabit-connected server would receive about 10 times the traffic of a T1-equipped server, rather than 667 times -- RPM _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
