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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've found that connectivity to the site is never an issue.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Derek Winkler</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Security Administrator </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Algorithmics Inc., Toronto</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Ontario, Canada</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Tel: (416) 217-4107 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Fax: (416) 971-6263 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.algorithmics.com </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Julian Field [<A HREF="mailto:mailscanner@ecs.soton.ac.uk">mailto:mailscanner@ecs.soton.ac.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:14 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: MAILSCANNER@jiscmail.ac.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: canadian mirror</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>At 16:59 28/02/2003, you wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>I was thinking of contributing a Canadian mirror for my North American</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>colleagues. The server I have in mind is located in a very nice spot for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>connectivity, etc...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>How would I get to mirror the contents? Any suggestions? rsync servers? etc...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I would personally prefer not to have a mirror site. It's a very generous</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>offer, but it makes it much harder for me to work out all the site</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>statistics (number of unique sites visiting both servers, for example). It</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is currently connected to a network which has a 20Gb core with 1Gb</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>trans-atlantic bandwidth. The slowest piece of the entire net is the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>100BaseT connection from the server to the switch, everything after that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is >= 1Gb.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Is connectivity from Canada really bad?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm very grateful for the offer though :-)</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Julian Field</FONT>
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