WCCP talk..

Thu Nov 12 00:46:43 UTC 1998

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If it isn't actually alive anymore, it won't be able to serve
requests, and by the same token won't be able to maintain its matrix
of producers and consumers.  Once that state is reached, the system
goes into a "fail-safe" mode.

Sure, fail-safe mechanisms can fail.  But being overly creative about
the software bug doesn't help either.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: alex at nac.net [mailto:alex at nac.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 11:16 PM
> To: lincoln dale
> Cc: nanog at merit.edu; Christian Kuhtz
> Subject: Re: WCCP talk..
> 
> 
> On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, lincoln dale wrote:
> 
> > >Your missing what I said. What if the cache continues sending
WCCP
> > >packets, but the cache itself has died?
> > 
> > i don't think i am --
> > i would assume that the cache design would perform suitable 
> sanity checks
> > prior to sending out a heartbeat.  if the design is sound, the 
> cache would
> > not be capable of sending out WCCP packets if it has 'died' in
some way.
> 
> You can't be serious.
> 
> A cache may check itself, but my arguement is that this
self-checking
> scheme may fail, seeing itself as alive, but not able to actually
serve
> requests.
> 
> 
> 
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