__/ [ Linonut ] on Friday 15 December 2006 16:14 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, yttrx belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> http://www.kernel.org/
>>>
>>> Site News
>>> Dec 12: It appears that a large number of users preferentially hit
>>> server 1, despite DNS round-robin. Some reports indicate that this
>>> may be caused when there is a Microsoft DNS server in between us and
>>> the end user (e.g. at the ISP.) Therefore, if you use rsync against
>>> our servers, you may want to hit server 2 explicitly
>>> (rsync2.kernel.org or mirrors2.kernel.org).
>>>
>>> I wonder in what manner Microsoft has "extended" DNS <grin>.
>>>
>>
>> They havent, its just that they never figured out and correctly
>> implemented round-robin.
>>
>> In anything.
>
> Thanks for adding to my chuckle!
This might explain why Microsoft Windows Real Time Edition is vapourware.
They can't penetrate high-performance computing either, unless you include
tiny arrays administered by misinformed box booters.
"Fire in ze hole! Node #12 is spewing out SPAM and node #11 BSoD'ed last
night".
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