* Ben Laurie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote :
> Bill Stoddard wrote:
>
> >Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> >
> >>Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>would anyone have any thoughts about the idea of adding an
> >>>api to obtain the system load average? i ask because i need
> >>>it for an httpd module i'm writing, and i've now got code
> >>>for linux, freebsd, os x, sunos, and t64u..
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>no thoughts, uh.
> >
> >
> >load average is nice but it seems rather specialized and it doesn't
> >really fit anywhere in apr[-util] that I see. load average is one
> >performance metric; I can see where it might be useful to have a common
> >interface for collecting all sorts of performance metrics. For example,
> >if Apache is being used as a load balancer, you could collect
> >performance state metrics from the servers being load balanced, feed
> >that info back to the apache load balancer (on an HTTP response header
> >field, via a special purpose HTTP POST request or out of band) and use
> >it in your load balancing/routing algorithms.
>
> Errr - mod_backhand?
>
> > I just don't see that this has a place in apr or apr-util. Maybe a new
> > subproject, apr-perf?
>
> I don't follow your logic - APR is supposed to make the interface to the
> system portable. Load average is an interface to the system. Why does it
> need to "fit"? All it needs is support on enough platforms to be
> considered common and someone who wants to use it.
>
> Sounds like we have both.
>
+1.
-Thom
