>still, how does a restart happen or how is new configuration detected by >gmond? There would still have to be something that pokes gmond to tell it >to restart. And if that is the case, then we are back to why not just use >an existing configuration management service.
Exactly. Since the proposal does not provide for this, something external to gmond must still restart it to obtain a new configuration. That something may as well manage the configuration at the same time. This already works today. For me it is a perl program, for you it might be cfengine or puppet or manual update. The beauty of the current system is the simplicity and that you can just use whatever works for you. I like that I can look at the standard gmond.conf on any client and know the complete configuration, and this cached configuration works locally after reboot with no dependencies. It would be far more complicated if I had to go query a web service or LDAP server to see the configuration. I don't see much value in that. -twitham ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
