Hi Heikki-

Thanks for pointing out the change that allows the use MaxTargetHosts. We’ll 
update to 4.25 and use that for now.

Best Regards-

Frank

> On Nov 20, 2020, at 8:11 AM, Heikki Vatiainen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 5.11.2020 23.37, Hugh Irvine wrote:
> 
>> I know Heikki has been looking at related issues, so I’ll let him follow up 
>> with you.
> 
> Yes, AuthBy HASHBALANCE chooseHost() behaviour was enhanced in Radiator 4.25.
> 
> What it now does better is that when next hop Hosts go missing, the requests 
> are distributed more evenly while not changing the next hop if the default 
> target for a request is still alive.
> 
> It already knew to stop when MaxTargetHosts configuration parameter was hit 
> or if there were no Hosts left that had not been tried yet. MaxTargetHosts 
> was moved in 4.14 from VOLUMEBALANCE to AuthBy RADIUS and therefore is 
> available for all its derivatives.
> 
> I'd say immediate help with recent versions is to use MaxTargetHosts. What 
> we'll do is to revisit the logic, as suggested by Frank, for LOADBALANCE and 
> for other proxy algorithms too, as needed.
> 
> Frank, thanks for taking a look at this!
> 
> Heikki
> 
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