Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:37:28 -0500, Matthias Julius > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>If you have more than a few clients it might be a good idea to have >>your own private mirror. Then, if your upstream mirror has a >>temporary problem your private one will be a little bit out of date, >>but your clients won't notice. > > I don't think that is superior to my CNAME solution if the systems are > distributed. Larger sites can have a squid with holding time for .deb > files beefed up.
As long as your CNAME is pointing to a working mirror, yes. > >>And your clients will get a faster >>response, too. > > Only if the mirror is in the local network, which means that all > clients should be in the same LAN. I agree, for distributed clients the benefit is very limited. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
