[RFCI-Discuss] A Great Day... I Think

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 02:29:46PM -0800, Derek J. Balling wrote:

> The plan is to check hosts on a staggered basis. I haven't quite  
> sorted out yet how that's going to happen, possibly "a-d" on some  
> days, "e-k" on others, etc., etc.  That part is up in the air and I  
> need to figure out what will be an even balance, etc., etc.

Suggestion:
Create a linked list, no beginning no end.  Start at #1, process as
many as will fit in the amount of time you consider proper, continue
next night where you stopped.

Insert new entries just before the next one to process (i.e. they
go at the very end of the list).  Remove entries from the chain as
appropriate.

Should there be a need to permanently keep a record in the database,
remove it from the chain but not from the database.

Variants are possible, such as:
- use spare cpu cycles and network space (ala seti at home)
- distribute processing (also ala seti at home; sorry, I can't participate)
- process as fast as you can from midnight to 5am, much slower the rest
  of the time

2c,
alex