Hi All,
I have noticed that there are are 2 duplicate mirrors, different hostnames resolving to the same IP address. Is this common practice? I believe that this is not appropriate because if the server goes down, it takes out 2 "mirrors".
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C:\Users\Christopher Hawker>ping mirror.crucial.com.au
Pinging mirror02.digitalpacific.com.au [101.0.120.122] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 101.0.120.122: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=50 Reply from 101.0.120.122: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=50 Reply from 101.0.120.122: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=50 Reply from 101.0.120.122: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 101.0.120.122: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 9ms
C:\Users\Christopher Hawker>ping mirror.digitalpacific.com.au
Pinging mirror02.digitalpacific.com.au [101.0.120.122] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 101.0.120.122: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=50 Reply from 101.0.120.122: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=50 Reply from 101.0.120.122: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=50 Reply from 101.0.120.122: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 101.0.120.122: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 12ms, Average = 10ms
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What is the normal procedure for this sort of situation? Removal of one of the hosts appears to be the only appropriate solution.
Regards,
Christopher Hawker
Phone: +61 434 512 834