[hobbit] bb-hosts: Same server multiple times: "noconn" use adviseable?

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 06:33:31PM -0600, Haertig, David F (Dave) wrote:
> I have hosts that appear multiple times in bb-hosts.  I pick one
> instance and give that the "prefer" tag and the real IP address.  Other
> (secondary) instances have an IP of 0.0.0.0 and do not have the "prefer"
> tag.
>  
> Is it adviseable to also put "noconn" on each of the secondary
> instances?

Yes, this does prevent extra pings. It also removes a warning that
bbtest-net will issue, if there are multiple definitions of network
tests for the same hostname.


Henrik