Re: random host

The 20 seconds was only an example, I didn't say you need to do it that way. *that* is really nuts ;) i was thinking more of like 1 hour or so... but they said that the dns server can't handle that, so that goes out of the discussion =) On Wed, 14 May 2003, Hans Zaunere wrote: > > --- shimi <shimi@shimi.net> wrote: > > > > DNS cache of the a record in a zone can be set differently than the rest > > of the zone. So you can basically do that clients will check the hostname > > again > > and again, even every 20 seconds if you want. > > > > The way to do it is quite simple: > > > > random 10m IN A 1.2.3.4 > > random 10m IN A 4.3.2.1 > > > > etc... and that way every time the site is accessed, the hostname is > > re-checked... > > Setting very low DNS cache timeouts is bad. Who knows, php.net's might be > able to handle it, but it's bad practice and severly frowned upon by any > network adminstrator. > > I propose we set a static list of mirrors that would like to participate, ie > primary mirrors. Each primary mirror could represent a broad geographical > region, and be the best connected of that region (for instance, Europe, > America, Asia, etc.). This would hugely offload the traffic from > www.php.net, be easy to organize and maintain (only a handful of hosts to > deal with), and provide the best service to the end-surfer (even if I'm in > NY, a well connected Japaneese host is better than if I get redirected to any > old host in Asia). This would be very easy and only involve a tad of > planning. > > I run a primary mirror for mozdev.org and this is much the same way they're > setup; only a couple primary mirrors, then secondaries for failover and > specific geographic regions. > > H > > > > > > > On Wed, 14 May 2003, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > 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... > > > > > > Yep. I proposed adding my.php.net for this task earlier, but guys said > > > we should reserve my.php.net for the Malaysia, and it is already > > > registered for Malaysia. So I think this is a good idea. > > > > > > > thoughts? > > > > sane ways of implementing it? :) > > > > > > The main consern about it is that we test hosts every hour. So we have > > > info on whether the host was up the last hour or not. What if > > > random.php.net redirects a user to a server which is down? > > > > > > About the implementation, I don't really know how to do it, but someone > > > said DNS caches will be hard to overcome. This is not a huge problem for > > > random mirrors, but for a "my mirror" it is... > > > > > > Goba > > > > > > > -- > > > > Best regards, > > Shimi > > > > > > ---- > > > > "Outlook is a massive flaming horrid blatant security violation, which > > also happens to be a mail reader." > > > > "Sure UNIX is user friendly; it's just picky about who its friends are." > > > -- Best regards, Shimi ---- "Outlook is a massive flaming horrid blatant security violation, which also happens to be a mail reader." "Sure UNIX is user friendly; it's just picky about who its friends are."