After Torvalds recent rant against gnome3 I wanted to tell the world about trinity (world here means my fav IT news forum on heise.de) and link to the site - then noticed the site is down. I cannot advertise something that isn't there. Dex -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

Hi Dex, My service provider has been having difficulty keeping fiber connections up lately; this is due in part to the large number of severe storms impacting the general area where the Trinity servers are located. Your patience is appreciated while I work with the ISP to sort out the remaining difficulties. ;-) Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messsages on the Web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

There are plans to set up a round robin / failover system at some point in the future, however as with most "minor" tasks this has been sitting on the back burner for some time. Potential issues include ensuring that the site is consistent across all mirrors, and the potential for referring users to mirrors that are down (i.e. how will the global network state be monitored and all single points of failure removed?). I have yet to see a FOSS technology that can do this (though I admit my searching in this area as not even scratched the surface), especially since the servers would be located all around the world. Input on ways to do this would be greatly appreciated, as it would also help with the mirror system (which does not currently handle link errors or mirror failure well at all). Thanks! Tim