Timo Schöler wrote:

>>> b.t.w. it seems that the main www.netbsd.org site is unreachable...
>>
>>
>> according to folks at ISC there was a HD failure :-(
>> (though that explains only part)
>>
>> maybe I should pull out my wallet and sponsor a few GB ;-)
>>
>> with kind regards,
>>
>> Theo.
>
>
> i just wonder why there's no load-balancing... netbsd.org surely isn't 
> accessed only a few times a day ;)
>
> load-balaning doesn't mean buying a Nortel Shasta for lotsa money, it 
> can be easily achieved by certain DNS settings; also, your second 
> webserver has not to match the primary's power...

www.netbsd.org resolves to two IP's, unfortunately (apparently) served 
by the same
(now defunct) machine.

It probably boils down to money; everyone contributing 0.02$ will 
probably buy the netbsd
project a nice second www server..

>
> just my 0.02$,
>
> timo

cheers,

Theo.