Re: svn commit: r122551 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/CHANGES /httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c /httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/proxy_balancer.c

[Mladen Turk <mt...@apache.org>]

jim@apache.org wrote:
> Author: jim
> 
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?view=rev&rev=122551
> Log:
> simplify the BalancerMember load factor weighting. Instead of
> being percentages (and adjusting when the number don't add
> up), loadfactors/lbfactors are now normalized values, so
> values like:
>


Hi Jim,
Why did you remove the algorithm comment from the source code?
The algorithm still behaves as before, only the setup is normalized.


> - * lbstatus -50    0   25   25
> - * lbstatus -25    0  -25   50
> - * lbstatus   0    0    0    0
> - * (repeat)
> - *
> - * That is it schedules: a c d a c d a c d ...
> - *
> - * The following asymmetric configuration works as one would expect:
> - *
> - * worker     a    b
> - * lbfactor  70   30
> - *
> - * lbstatus -30   30
> - * lbstatus  40  -40
> - * lbstatus  10  -10
> - * lbstatus -20   20
> - * lbstatus -50   50
> - * lbstatus  20  -20
> - * lbstatus -10   10
> - * lbstatus -40   40
> - * lbstatus  30  -30
> - * lbasatus   0    0
> - * (repeat)
> - *
> - * That is after 10 schedules, the schedule repeats and 7 a are selected
> - * with 3 b interspersed.
> -*/

Mladen.