On Friday 11 June 2010 11:52:42 Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > Details: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGeoMirror
>
> What's the main interesting of using a server which is as near as
> possible from you, actually?
Closer geographically generally means fewer intermediate routers ("hops").
Fewer hops generally means lower round-time times ("pings"). Lower pings
indirectly allows larger TCP/IP windows, and thus, higher maximum bandwidth.
In addition, spreading the load among multiple servers means fewer users per
server, which increases the bandwidth available to each user.
More bandwidth means less download time.
The cdn service also removes out-of-date, heavily loaded, or "down" servers
from the results, meaning you are less likely to get old packages or download
failures.
--
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =.
bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_))
ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-'
http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.