Re: Ring link Question

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <mailbox@gunnar.cc>]

Tom Hilton wrote:
> 
> Am I to understand, that this is supposed to placed on My servers
> system , or on something you have?
> 
> I think I'm confused, but what is the list of rings on your site
> for ?  Are they links to the other rings that have been established,
> using this program ?
It's primarily supposed to be installed on your server. But there is
also a possibility for those who has installed it to allow other
ringmasters to register their rings. About the "list of rings"; if you
mean the Ringlink Systems Directory, yes, it's links to other rings
using Ringlink (not all of them, though).
> About how much space will it take up ?  I have unlimited use on
> my server, could this be a problem for them and their system.
We have had a couple of discussions about that on this list as well as
ringmgr@egroups.com, and there is some concern about the CPU time the
repetitive calls for Perl will cause. So far nobody has been able to say
what's the limit in this respect.
> I'm considering using this program, but I'm not sure, how it may
> affect my server.  I currently have about 900 sites in my current
> ring, that i manage now.
I have a ~500 sites ring with about 130,000 hits during the last eight
weeks which I intend to run using Ringlink, and I believe it will work,
even if I'm not sure, either. Nobody who has already moved their ring
has reported any trouble so far.
/ Gunnar