My pseudo code was supposed to infer that one would re-select (randomly, if
you wish) a server at a certain % of the time, based on how many times it
had been polled and turned out to be down. Simply replace my first
(increment, go to #2) with (go to #1).
----- Original Message -----
From: "JuanE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: updated load balancing qmail-qmqpc.c mods
>
> I agree with you both (Jay and Michael), at least partially. I agree that
> altough what Jay proposes will work, it is too much computation and that a
> simpler round-robin (after picking initial position) would suffice.
>
> My comment is that in the event of a down server, the simple round robin
> will flood the next server in the chain with twice the load of the others.
> Jay's solution does not do this (at a high computational cost).
