RE: Second Mirror in India

Hi, We have finished setting up the PHP Mirror. You can check it out at http://in2.php.mirror.directi.com I have included the required details for the integration process: Name: Divyank Turakhia Email address: divyank.t@directi.com Country: India The xx.php.net address you used to set up the mirror site: in2.php.net A hostname to be used as CNAME: in2.php.mirror.directi.com The name of the hosting company: Directi Web Hosting The URL of the hosting company: http://www.directi.com * We have installed local searching. - Divyank > -----Original Message----- > From: Gabor Hojtsy [mailto:gabor@hojtsy.hu] > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 3:44 PM > To: James Cox > Cc: Divyank Turakhia; 'Derick Rethans'; php-mirrors@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: Second Mirror in India > > > >>It's a good idea but a second link will work better in this case. > >> > >>Load balancing through the a cname entry is a DNS based > solution. Any > >>DNS based solution would be cached at the ISP end. This > would mean if > >>the first IP is down then the ISP would not request for the > second ip > >>until 24 hrs (cache time expiry). > > > > I agree, a second (in2) address is more advisable. > > So then, please provide the details for the in2 mirror. I guess > everything except the CNAME will be the same ;) > > Goba > > >