tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169926515402298799.post7186897189389887330..comments2023-08-05T08:25:22.224-07:00Comments on Cooperative Computing Lab News: Fail Fast, Fail OftenDouglas Thainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10046446527813216338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169926515402298799.post-73277036462657787052009-02-14T13:20:00.000-08:002009-02-14T13:20:00.000-08:00To put a finer point on the question, "How sh...To put a finer point on the question, "How should I choose the parameters for my exponential backoff algorithm"? I think many people choose parameters that back off too much, too fast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169926515402298799.post-49420367481261520492009-02-12T06:32:00.000-08:002009-02-12T06:32:00.000-08:00"Why exponential backoff" is a great que..."Why exponential backoff" is a great question, and I will address it in some detail in my next article. The short story is that it prevents brief failures from turning into a network storm of retries.Douglas Thainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10046446527813216338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169926515402298799.post-61912901275938130562009-02-09T17:55:00.000-08:002009-02-09T17:55:00.000-08:00Why exponential backoff?Why exponential backoff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169926515402298799.post-48803318093417044092009-02-08T21:39:00.000-08:002009-02-08T21:39:00.000-08:00Douglas, that is very interesting,and of course th...Douglas, that is very interesting,and of course there is a design pattern of "fail fast," which agrees with this.<br><br>I am writing a project on Hadoop, and I wonder if there is a place for this approach here too.Mark Kerznerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13141058882531144922noreply@blogger.com