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Re: removing fallback servers with quiescent=yes

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: removing fallback servers with quiescent=yes
From: Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:28:38 +0900
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:56:45AM +0900, Horms wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:34:45AM -0700, Joseph Kacmarcik wrote:
> > hello list!
> > 
> > we've been using lvs for some time with great success. we've recently
> > upgraded the software and we're using the quiescent feature. this works
> > out nicely in that servers weights are dropped to zero and reset to their
> > original weight automagically when they're available again. we also use
> > the fallback feature with a standard maintenance page.
> > 
> > the combination of these two features creates a small problem. when the
> > fallback server is added to any of the virtual services, it's weight is
> > one, and users see our maintenance page. however, when the real server(s)
> > return, the fallback server's weight is reduced to zero but some users
> > still get the fallback server. our persistence is set to 60, but i'm
> > fairly certain this isn't the issue since our fallback server sporadically
> > gets requests until i manually remove the fallback server from the virtual
> > service (for any number of days).
> > 
> > is it possible to have the fallback server automatically removed when at
> > least one of the real servers' weight is reset to it's original weight? i
> > haven't tested using quiescent=yes for real servers and quiescent=no for
> > the fallback, and i don't know if that's even a possibility.
> 
> I think that is a great idea. I will see what I can do.

As of a few moments ago the version in CVS now does this.

http://www.vergenet.net/linux/ldirectord/cvs.shtml

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