Greg Marr wrote:
>
> At 11:18 AM 06/27/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Greg Marr wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:26:03 -0400
> > > "Bill Stoddard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Why would any of these processes still be serving new requests?
> > > >
> > > > A timing window. When a mod_status request is the last request
> > > > accepted before a process dies.
> > >
> > > I thought the children were woken up during the restart by the
> > POD, and
> > > they exited immediately, without serving new requests.>
> >
> >They are, but a mod_status request could come in a millisecond
> >before the pod is triggered, and you will have this problem.
>
> Ah, okay. So there is a really tiny window. I'd say that you'd need
> to allow AT LEAST 5-10 seconds from the time of the restart until
> things have stabilized enough to get a reasonable status request. :)
So the long and short of this is that no one thinks it is a problem that
during a graceful restart there is a period of fluctuation which cannot
be avoided. While the system is in flux, results may be innaccurate during
certain short windows.
Any complaints?
--
Paul J. Reder
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