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> > > > On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Avi Freedman wrote: > > > > Agreed. IMO, the best place for these things is one hops away from an XP, > > either in a provider's network or behind a content provider's router that's > > connected to the XP. > > Yes, 100%, I would pick MAE-East. MAE-East is the closest you are going to > get to the world, and there is more data going over it then any other > NAP. You may also want to look at putting a server up at a few NAPs, this > is what we are doing now for one of our users. This will be a HUGE www > audio provider, and they need fast access with as little delay as > possible. We will be providing them colo at MAE-East, MAE-West, and > Chicago NAP. The people they are accessing the site will then hit a image > map and get served out of the closest server. > The fact that MAE-East is the busiest exchange point in the world should push you to locate servers elsewhere, IMHO. There are many providers who really don't want more traffic at MAE-East. With all the overload happening now and the lack of additional connections to share traffic, do you really want to add significant content to the bargain? Karl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Mueller [email protected] (415) 944-8228 Sr. Network Engineer Best Internet Communications, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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