Jeff Spaleta said: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:53:41 -0700 (PDT), Don Russell > <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Here's how I see it working... >> >> When new packages are ready to be distributed.... >> - reset the list of sites that serve up2date to the single master site >> - move new versions of the pakages to the master site. >> - start a cron job in xxx minutes (gives some mirrors a chance to >> re-synch) >> >> the cron job does: >> - for each mirror site (not already known to be synch'd) >> - get directory listing >> - compare to master directory listing >> - if directory matches, site must be synch'd >> - make mirror site eligible to participate in serving up2date >> >> After checking all mirrors, if one or more are still not synch'd, >> schedule >> the job again in xxx minutes >> >> If all mirrors are now synch'd, we're done. >> >> The whole design fits on a bar napkin. >> >> And very little bandwidth to accomplish it... up2date now only sees >> sites >> that are synch'd.... new mirror sites can be added dynamically as >> required. >> >> I LIKE it! :-) >> >> Cheers, >> Don Russell > > Hmm....can someone out in the community prototype this cronjob idea up. I wish my Linux programming skills were up to the task..... but hey! At least I came up with the IDEA/design... :-) But, that's what makes it a "community effort"... Cheers, Don
