Vcl command restart and multiple backends

[Per Buer]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Glen Kelly <Glen.Kelly at fire.tas.gov.au>wrote:

> How does varnish handle request to multiple backend when the vcl “restart”
> command is run.
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>
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> Does it use the same backend as the initial request or does it use another
> backend in accordance to the configured director.
>

You should look at "Saint Mode" -
http://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/trunk/tutorial/handling_misbehaving_servers.html#saint-mode

When enabled it will blacklist failing objects from their backends.



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