[grpc-io] Re: Connection management and load balancing

2021-02-22 Thread 'Srini Polavarapu' via grpc.io
Hi Vitaly, Please see this post if you are planning to use gRPCLB. gRPC has moved away from gRPCLB protocol. Instead, gRPC is adopting xDS protocol. A number of xDS features

[grpc-io] Re: Connection management and load balancing

2021-02-19 Thread Vitaly
Thanks Srini, I haven't tested option 2 yet, I would expect though that since client is unaware of what is happening we should see some request failures/latency spikes until new connection is established. That's why I would consider it mostly for disaster prevention rather than for general

[grpc-io] Re: Connection management and load balancing

2021-02-19 Thread 'Srini Polavarapu' via grpc.io
Hi, Option 3 is ideal but since you don't have that as well as option 4 available, option 2 is worth exploring. Are the concerns with options 2 based on some experiments you have done or is it just a hunch? This comment has