RE: random host
| From: | James Cox | Date: | Tue, 13 May 2003 22:25:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: random host | ||
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> --- James Cox <james@imajes.info> wrote:
> > So,
> >
> > an idea just popped into my head... random hosts. Would anyone
> see anything
> > broken with random.php.net just taking a host to a random
> mirror which is
> > not www? I'm thinking for apps that point to php.net (eg docref
> root) etc,
> > as this would reduce some load on the server... when the
> country redirect
> > stuff gets baked, and auto-redirect works, then it'll take the user to
> > their closest mirror...
>
> I think this is a good idea, but would need a little additional
> thought. For
> instance, I'm sitting here in Manhattan and hit a php.net only to be
> redirected to an site a world away.
making myself clearer, it's not to replace www... the point is it should
take off that extra load that www takes as being the default hit for apps.
-- james