Next steps to get RPM Fusion running (V2)
Adrian Reber
adrian at lisas.de
Mon Nov 3 12:07:00 CET 2008
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:05:30PM +0100, Adrian Reber wrote:
> > Why not having a second mirrormanager running on another machine and
> > have in DNS 2 A records?
>
> I just tested it and it works. I had two entries in DNS; one pointing to
> a not existing host and another to an existing. Depending on the answer
> from the DNS yum first connects to the existing host and everything just
> works. If it connects to the non existing host it times out and then
> goes to the existing host. I am surprised that it works.
>
> If we do that, some users might get a short timeout using yum, but it
> seems like it should work.
In the case one of the machines goes down.
Adrian
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