Re: [squid-users] squid + axel - netiquete idea

unfortunatelly not everywhere in the world ISP's support it :(
and second - imagine scenario where you're connected via your mobile phone,
which does roaming, and keeps you online , and also using 802.11x
infrastructure (if it is available)

i know IP layer load balancing is much more effective, and i don't claim http
load balancing will outperform it. is just handy sometimes.
i.e. right now i have two modem lines, both @ different ISP's.
both ISP's run their services without any mainteance, so forget about i.e.
bonding them. you call to ISP , and you get automatic reply, or someone who
don't know computers at all. second thing is that each connection is located
in different place.
when using simple download accelerator and 2 to three connections i get twice
speed without incresed overhead, and any problems.
if one line fails, download is continued over second line.

i will have access to at least four such connections.

On Monday 11 August 2003 07:48, Robert Collins wrote:
> Bob, seems to me you are missing the point of network load balancing.
> Someone with 10 modem lines should have their ISP performing load
> balancing and redundancy at a IP level, not by manual load balancing.
>
> This form of 'acceleration' dramatically increases the overhead for web
> servers - i.e. checking databases, logging requests, checking access
> control lists.
>
> The act of transmission is only one part of the load involved in
> handling a request, and these 'accelerators' -only- share that part of
> the load, everything else is duplicated and wasted.
>
> There is a place for swarming - but not in the client-server model of
> HTTP. Things like gnutella, where swarming is a part of the protocol,
> are an appropriate place.... and if someone with 10 modem lines wants to
> use application level load balancing for static file downloads, gnutella
> is probably an ideal tool - for them.
>
> Rob

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