[Spread-users] spread communication between segments

[John Schultz]

The order of daemons listed in your configuration file determines two 
important things:  (1) which daemon within a segment is the 
representative (defined below) and (2) the order that the control token 
travels around the daemon token ring.

Once a daemon membership/view is installed, within a segment/site the 
first daemon listed in the conf. file that is participating is the 
representative.  The representative is responsible for receiving msgs 
from other segments and distributing them "locally" within the segment 
if necessary.

When any daemon needs to send a message it *casts it "locally" and then 
sends the message directly to each of the other segments/sites 
representatives.

The control token is sent by unicast in the order of the configuration 
file listing to the daemons that are participating.  The last 
participating daemon in a segment sends the token to the representative 
of the next segment in the conf. file.  Representatives get the token 
from the last participating daemon in the previous segment of the conf. 
file.  After they send any messages the token is passed to the next 
participating daemon listed in the conf. file and so on.

-- 
John Lane Schultz
Spread Concepts LLC
Phn: 443 838 2200

Greg Shebert wrote:
> hi folks
> 
> how does spread determine which daemons in different segments will be
> the ones that communicate messages between those segments?
> 
> do all daemons in a segment get involved or just certain ones?
> 
> i'm curious to know for the purpose of loading on various daemons
> 
> -greg-
> 
> 
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