elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder — pull request #202 by peterfroehlich (2014-05-06 09:01:37+00:00)
Title: Added 'preferred server' logic 

The random connection to a backend on startup is fine with many nodes but can lead to an unbalanced workload in a small environment.
This adds the option to connect to a defined server first, with the old behaviour as a fallback.