Re: [OT] search.cpan.org
*On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Randy Kobes wrote: * *I think the load, and network connection, is the main reason; the *search itself, if you were connected locally at a time when the *machine isn't so busy, is pretty quick. The difference is in the 2 boxes actually. There are 2, one is at wustl.edu, the other at webster.edu...the one at webster has a failing hme and getting an sbus hme replacement is proving somewhat difficult. When it is not experiencing network problems it is acutally quite zippy. I'm hoping to get a replacement within the next week so hopefully things will improve noticably. e.
Re: [OT] search.cpan.org
*Bill Moseley wrote: * *Because it does a full text search of all the contents of the DB. * *Perhaps, but it's just overloaded. Neither of these is completely true. The search does do a match but only on certain fields that are determined by the type of search you choose. And, the boxes only occasionally get really busy, usually around 10am-2pm CST on any given weekday. Weekends are pretty quiet. Right now one of the boxes is just having a bit of a problem with a network card that apparently is hard to obtain a replacement for. *(Plus, all my CPAN.pm setups are now failing to work, too) CPAN.pm shouldn't be configured to use search.cpan.org as your mirror. If you are having problems reaching mirrors, that's a completely different department and you can always choose new ones at http://mirror.cpan.org/ e.
[OT] search.cpan.org
Does anyone know why search.cpan.org is always the s-l-o-w-e-s-t site on the internet? I can't believe it always busy. I've had trouble hitting it at 3 AM. Maybe it's just me... Rob -- Only two things are infinite: The universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the former. --Albert Einstein
Re: [OT] search.cpan.org
There's a simple solution: http://kobesearch.cpan.org/
