Ok, agreed.


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Roland Kuhn <notifications@github.com>wrote:

> In akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf:
>
> > -    # or has explicitly signalled that it will not accept connections
> > -    # (remote system is shutting down or the requesting system is quarantined).
> > -    # No connection attempts will be made to an address while it remains
> > -    # gated. Any messages sent to a gated address will be directed to dead
> > -    # letters instead. Name lookups are costly, and the time to recovery
> > -    # is typically large, therefore this setting should be a value in the
> > -    # order of seconds or minutes.
> > -    gate-invalid-addresses-for = 60 s
> > -
> > -    # This settings controls how long a system will be quarantined after
> > -    # catastrophic communication failures that result in the loss of system
> > -    # messages. Quarantining prevents communication with the remote system
> > -    # of a given UID. This function can be disabled by setting the value
> > -    # to "off".
> > -    quarantine-systems-for = 60s
> > +    retry-gate-closed-for = 5 s
>
> Yes, if 1000 retries per second is what you want ;-) Seriously, though,
> the consequence of setting it to a small value should also be stated
> explicitly.
>
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