hmm, learning something new today then...how do you set the server to stop accepting sessions? I don't recall reading about this.
DK On 6/9/05, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Set your first set of servers to stop accepting new sessions a while > in advance. As users end their sessions, that first block will > eventually become unused, since they're not picking up any new > sessions to replace the old ones. Once that happens (or gets to a > sufficiently low number), kill them off. Do your upgrade, then repeat > the process for the other half. > > If you've designed your app right, the cost of having a mid-session > server switch will be minimal, since anything that's really critical > should be stored in the database, not in session variables. Still not > desirable to do that, but if it happens to a few users, it shouldn't > be a big deal. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 6/9/05, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you get zero down time doing this? We have sticky sessions on, so > if > > we take a member of the cluster down, we loose like 50% of my users > forcing > > them to relogin to the other member, in this case we have two memebers > in > > the cluster. > > > > DK > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:209165 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
