Re: apt and multiple connections
On 22 Sep 2000, Greg Stark wrote:
> A different possibility is to have apt spread connections across many servers
> when the same file is available from multiple servers. It doesn't do that now
> does it? I think it just uses the first one and uses multiple servers only in
> the sense that it picks the most recent file if different versions are
> available?
This was considered.. on the surface it seems like a good idea, but it
does increase the instantaneous required bandwidth - perhaps too much.
> I found I have the same problem now (sympatico.ca has an incorrectly
> configured and terribly slow web cache) so I'm using ftp as well.
Gar. Phone them and complain :|
Jason
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