Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 02:54:43 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 218443] sysutils/duply: periodic script needs anticongestion sleep Message-ID: <bug-218443-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D218443 Bug ID: 218443 Summary: sysutils/duply: periodic script needs anticongestion sleep Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: Individual Port(s) Assignee: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: asomers@FreeBSD.org CC: michael@ranner.eu Flags: maintainer-feedback?(michael@ranner.eu) CC: michael@ranner.eu Periodic scripts that hit external servers can cause a "thundering herd" problem, whereby many systems' periodic scripts run at the same time, and overload the server. To prevent this, such scripts should sleep for a rand= om amount of time before hitting the external server. After r316432, there is a common anticongestion function to handle this. F= or an example of how to use it, see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D181374&action=3Ddiff --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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