Dynamic Selection of Geographically Distributed Servers

Alec Peterson

Erols Internet

Dynamic Selection of Geographically Distributed Servers

Today

The Problem

The Solution

The Solution (cont.)

Why is this non-trivial?

So how is it done?

Two possible solutions

Selecting the server using DNS

Selecting the server using DNS

What this accomplishes

Advantages

Advantages (cont.)

Disadvantages

In the works

In the works (cont.)

Other solutions

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