Re: [log4perl-devel] failover socket connection

[Mike S. <m...@pe...>]

Jam...@ub... wrote on 8/5/2004, 12:49 AM:

 > I was wondering if it would be possible if the Socket.pm would support
 > fail-over socket connects like a primary and a secondary, if specified
 > within the configuration file. ??
 >
 > The scenario would be that if it failed to connect to a Primary socket
 > connection, then it would try the secondary and if connected then
 > would proceed. It would also poll the primary to check if it is alive
 > and if it does come back alive then reconnect to the primary.

Certainly a great idea! Care to write 
Log::Log4perl::Appender::SocketFailover? Here's the basic plot:

     http://log4perl.sourceforge.net/d/Log/Log4perl/FAQ.html#e8a46

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Mike Schilli
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