John Hascall wrote: >> On Tuesday, August 08, 2006 02:49:41 PM -0400 Derek Atkins >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Ken Hornstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... >>> I wonder if we could add a cache manager query so that apps could >>> ask the cache manager for server stats? Obviously this would be >>> an optional query, and the app should continue to use the current >>> random choice if there is no cache manager. But I think it would >>> help this case if there were some way to store this kind of state >>> on a client. > >> You mean like VIOCCKSERV, which tells you which servers the cache manager >> currently thinks are down? Or more like VIOCGETSPREFS, which tells you >> what preference order the cache manager has assigned to servers? > > Don't those deal with fileservers? > And isn't the case at hand dealing with DB servers? > > Seems to me that a far simplier method would be for stand-alone > clients to start with a short timeout and circle through the > DB servers quicker.
They work with both types of servers.
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