This is exactly what we do too. We then use pingdom to keep hitting the da on specific instance numbers so if it does detect a problem it tells the exact app and instance that is dead.
On Monday, January 25, 2010, Chuck Hill <ch...@global-village.net> wrote: > What I have done is to have a direct action that uses EOF to perform a > minimal database transaction to ensure the app is not bogged down or > deadlocked in EOF. > > > > On Jan 24, 2010, at 10:40 PM, Lachlan Deck wrote: > > > Hi all, > > just polling for ideas / techniques people use in detecting dead instances. > Naturally when there's lots of instances running in deployment it can be hard > to know if a particular instance has locked up for some reason (and this can > sometimes have a flow on affect with the adaptor). > > Thanks. > > with regards, > -- > > Lachlan Deck > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/chill%40global-village.net > > This email sent to ch...@global-village.net > > > -- > Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development > > Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall > knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. > http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/simon%40potwells.co.uk > > This email sent to si...@potwells.co.uk > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com