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Anonymous
1 Feb 2005 23:03:39 UTC
Topic 10785
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Randy is almost correct when saying:
> If your UTC clock setting shows you're closer to Berlin than to Wisconsin, you
> will download from Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Golm bei Potsdam, near
> Berlin.
>
> Otherwise, you will download from University of Wisconsin
The server to be contacted first is chosen based on the time difference.
Citing Bruce: "For those hosts that have UTC offset >= -1 hour, we'll list
the AEI first. For those hosts that have UTC offets
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> Randy is almost correct when saying:
> > If your UTC clock setting shows you're closer to Berlin than to
> Wisconsin, you
> > will download from Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Golm bei Potsdam,
> near
> > Berlin.
> >
> > Otherwise, you will download from University of Wisconsin
>
> The server to be contacted first is chosen based on the time difference.
> Citing Bruce: "For those hosts that have UTC offset >= -1 hour, we'll list
> the AEI first. For those hosts that have UTC offets
>
Did I say already that I *like* this forum interface that eats everything
that looks like a HTML tag?
A preview feature would be very nice...
S.
> due we have (so far) only
)
> due we have (so far) only one scheduler URL, the first contact will be to the
> University of Wisconsin.
>
> Only after this initial connect, it's desciced, from where the DL will start.
>
> I guess, in theory, when the Wisconsin part is not running (or this scheduler
> is not reponding) we can't use the "mirrored download server at the Albert
> Einstein Institute"
There is only one scheduler (in Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Your core client contacts the scheduler, and gets 'work'. But if you don't have the necessary files (application, data, whatever) on your machine, they get downloaded from a download server. These are now distributed, and in the coming days we'll add at least one more.
Cheers,
Bruce