P, Sorry for not adding that. Yes, they keep the same DNS, but switch the IP to the backup server.
Troy Davidson Senior Programmer Maverik, Inc. 880 W. Center St. NSL, Utah 84054 801-335-3887 Office 801-663-1460 Cell Thank you for allowing us to service your technical needs, Your Technical Services Team >>> Pid <p...@pidster.com> 12/30/2008 1:18 PM >>> Troy Davidson wrote: > Hello, > > I've searched for an answer to this problem, but haven't found anything yet. > > Here is the problem: > > I have an application that connects to a 3rd party vendors server to request > updated information. This connection is created and closed in the Java code > each time it is needed. This works fine and the new data is pulled. > > But, if the 3rd party vendor's server goes down and they switch to their > backup server, my Java code never gets any data. I can go into Tomcat and > restart the Java app, but it still won't receive new data. If I restart > Tomcat, then, I will start to get new data. > > I have racked my brain about this for a while and just can't come up with any > answers. It seems that Tomcat is pooling the network connection and not > releasing it but reusing it each time. I would assume this is for speed, but > when the servers switch, I need a way to tell Tomcat to release the > connection and make a new one. What exactly happens when 'they' switch to their back up server? Does a DNS name resolve to a different IP address for example? p --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
