[atlas] some thoughts and question regrding probe "stability"

On 2014/07/17 19:01 , Mike. wrote:
> On 7/17/2014 at 6:03 PM Philip Homburg wrote:
> 
> |Hi Wilfried,
> | [major snip]
> |
> | In contrast, the connection between a probe and the 
> | controller is already terminated if the network is 
> | down for one minute.
>  =============
> 
> 
> 
> Pulling that one sentence out of a long-ish reply.
> 
> If I read that correctly...
> 
>    If a probe loses contact with its controller for 
>    60 seconds, then the controller considers the probe 
>    offline and starts a disconnected timer.

More like, the controller 'pings' the probe every 20 seconds and after 3
missed responses the connection is terminated.

And for the Atlas system as a whole, that works. But the goal of the
Atlas system is not to have a probe connected as long as possible.

Philip