On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:20:30AM -0600, Chris Wopat wrote:
I switched from BB to hobbit about a month ago and have been generally happy. One thing that's "different" is that Hobbit seems to be more sensitive to services timing out, such as during an http check.
The default timeout for network tests in Hobbit is 10 seconds. You can
change it via the --timeout=N option (N is in seconds) for bbtest-net in hobbitlaunch.cfg. See the bbtest-net(1) man-page...
BB uses a fixed 20 second timeout.
How many tests do you run ? (See the status in the "bbnet" column for
your Hobbit server). It's a well-known problem that Hobbit can actually
flood some networks/firewalls with connection setups, resulting in some tests showing up as failed one moment, and OK a few seconds after.
You might want to lower the number of concurrent tests that bbtest-net
runs via the --concurrency=N option - the default is 256.
Is there an appropriate way to do this without hacking code and finding the timeout period?
Read The Fine Manual :-) You'll find them on your Hobbit server webpages, in the "Help"->"Hobbit man-pages" section.
Thanks, --Chris