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From: Singhals <>
Subject: Re: 1901 Census
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 17:15:26 -0500
References: <9d.20e3cef0.29646b8d@aol.com>, <3C3339C3.9464167B@erols.com>, <3c340f84@iridium.webone.com.au>




VH-ADG wrote:
>
> "Singhals" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > You'd think someone somewhere would be smart enough to RENT
> > server space for the first month -- or at the VERY least, a
> > couple days to get the good vibes going -- to cover demand.
> > [Those do not study history, repeat it ?]
>
> and what exactly would that achieve for them? It's not an issue of server
> space.

A mirror site tends to reduce demand on the original.
Having 4 or 5 mirrors functional would mean 4 or 5 times as
many people could get ON as do with one site. Renting
server-space with a different IP addresses for mirror sites
would (1) spread the load around (2) not require a long-term
capital outlay or acquisition of capital assets and (3) be
affordable.


> obvious lack of knowledge of the procedures behind the system.

Please.


> Let me ask you this! If 10 million people want to go home by bus at 2am on
> 1'st Jan, would you buy 500,000 buses to cater for that need or would you
> simply have them wait whilst the existing buses picked them up and took them

Door #3: *RENT* extra buses, or possibly, rent parking
garages so everyone can bring their own transportation and
then we won't need extra buses.

Good grief, problem-solving isn't binary.

Cheryl

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