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Re: PCP services startup order

To: Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PCP services startup order
From: fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:21:55 -0500
Cc: Marko Myllynen <myllynen@xxxxxxxxxx>, pcp developers <pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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In-reply-to: <56B3174A.5000502@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Ken McDonell's message of "Thu, 4 Feb 2016 20:18:02 +1100")
References: <56B30E68.9050709@xxxxxxxxxx> <56B3174A.5000502@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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kenj wrote:

> [...]  And there is one *added* confusion here, namely that things
> like pmie and pmlogger (and possibly pmmgr) _could_ be launching a
> mix of PMAPI clients that are fetching from local or remote pmcd
> instances, and for the remote ones, it matters not a toss when then
> local pmcd is started, nor if it is started at all!

Further, in pmmgr's case, its frequent-poll-based operation means that
it reacts quickly to remote - or local! - pmcds' comings and goings.
There is no need to adjust its startup order.


- FChE

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