Re: Mirror bandwidth and user redirection

[Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 23:46 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> > The basic selection algorithm for choosing
> > the order in which to return mirrors to clients remains the same:
> > prefer same netblocks, internet2 in same country if on internet2, same
> > country, same continent, then global, in that order.
>
> That's totally logical, but it's wrong for some cases. Here in Venezuela
> there is much better bandwidth to the US than to anywhere else in South
> America, so the "same continent" rule is not going to work for us. I
> suspect the same is true for some other SA countries.

The same is also true for Asia.  I would hope that the "same continent" rule 
has a tad bit more smarts in it.

> Also, for the relatively few people on Internet2 it's always better than
> Internet1, at least here. I mean Internet2 to anywhere is better than
> Internet1 to the same city.
>
> poc


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