invalidation by namespace Re: Listing all keys on a server: why?

[Serhat Sakarya]

On 7/29/06, Don MacAskill <don at smugmug.com> wrote:

> If Server A crashes for a few minutes, and Servers B-Z get remapped data,
> and then Server A recovers and Servers B-Z aren't flushed, then there exists
> the likelihood that you'll read bad data from Servers B-Z again if Server A
> should fail.
>

What do you think about giving the remapped data on servers B-Z a low
expiration time? This will get them flushed rather quickly. Then stale data
will only be an issue if server A fails again within that short time period.

Regards,

Serhat
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