Hey, all... After a couple comments on my recent work, and some archaeology on the Python/Riak work over the past month... I've realized that I might have a very different view of RiakTransport compared to what I'm seeing in the current work. I figured it best to bring that to the forefront and discuss:
In my view, RiakTransport is used by RiakClient (and others) to "talk to the Riak server". Some of the current work, and some proposed pull requests, seem to take the position that a RiakTransport is "one connection to a server, and the client should manage those". Needless to say, I'm in favor of my own position :-) ... I think it is best to transfer *all* responsibility for talking to the server(s) to the transport layer. I really don't think the client/bucket/object layers should know anything about talking to the server(s). I'd like to see the transport layer be told about all server(s) available, and then it Just Works. I'm still a newbie with all this code, and need to keep plugging away at the higher levels of functionality and compensation for problems. I'd like to build up some code that contacts *one* given server, asks for all of the ring servers, and then opens connections to those servers. And then, it should (automatically) maintain client connections based on what is happening with the Riak cluster. The current (proposed) code manages connections to N servers, but has no automatic add/remove based on changes in the cluster status. I think this happens at a layer *just* above the actual transport. ie. something tracks the changes in the ring status and its servers, and transmits those changes into the transport layer, which alters its communication with that cluster (regardless of whether that communication is via HTTP or protobuf). Okee doke. That's the end of my brain dump and future thoughts on the transport and communication layer. I'd really like some feedback, review, and thoughts. Thanks! -g _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
