On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 13:16, Otto Wyss wrote: > > A large mirror in Australia does provide an rsync server to access debian > > packages. When redhat 7.0 came out so many people tried to rsync it at the > > same time, the machine promptly fell over. > > > What amazes me is that nobody is able or willing to provide any figures. > So I guess no provider of an rsync server is interested in this subject > and therefore it can't be a big problem.
...or, more likely, they are too busy maintaining their rsync servers to respond (or even follow the traffic on a list like this one). The rest of us are trying to impress upon you the possibility that it might be a big problem, as we've heard that it is in the past. As flimsy as anecdotal evidence is, it certainly beats proof by assertion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
