[16260] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN Services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Fri Apr 17 11:55:15 1998
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:12:24 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980417004305.1098Z-100000@tarkin.fdt.net>; from Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net> on Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 12:46:39AM -0400
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 12:46:39AM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Forrest W. Christian wrote:
> > Now, I fully agree that the BEST solution to the problem is for it to be
> > available 24x7, as there are those of us which work from midnight-4 on a
> > regular basis. (I myself have two waking schedules 9a - midnight or
> > noon-4a, depending on what needs to get done.)
>
> One would think the various registries might make a deal to host "mirror"
> sites for each other and then spread the word that if for instance,
> rs.arin.net isn't working, you should try rs2.arin.net (which might reside
> somewhere in Europe). People in Europe, might naturally just use
> rs2.arin.net, knowing that its closer and faster for them.
Why even use a different name? Round robin works fine, and if all the
registries participate in a cross-mirroring program, then all would be
well, no? If you mirror correctly, it doesn't much matter _which_ host
you hit.
Cheers,
-- jra
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