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| 197 | At least one additional noderef is required (either by specifying it |
197 | At least one additional noderef is required (either by specifying it |
| 198 | directly or because it is part of the configuration profile): The node |
198 | directly or because it is part of the configuration profile): The node |
| 199 | will try to connect to all of them and will become a slave attached to the |
199 | will try to connect to all of them and will become a slave attached to the |
| 200 | first node it can successfully connect to. |
200 | first node it can successfully connect to. |
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203 | master, so if the master goes down, the slave node will not function well |
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204 | anymore until it can re-establish conenciton to its master. This makes |
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205 | slave nodes unsuitable for long-term nodes or fault-tolerant networks. |
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| 202 | =back |
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| 204 | This function will block until all nodes have been resolved and, for slave |
209 | This function will block until all nodes have been resolved and, for slave |
| 205 | nodes, until it has successfully established a connection to a master |
210 | nodes, until it has successfully established a connection to a master |
| 206 | server. |
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213 | All the seednodes will also be specially marked to automatically retry |
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214 | connecting to them infinitely. |
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| 208 | Example: become a public node listening on the guessed noderef, or the one |
216 | Example: become a public node listening on the guessed noderef, or the one |
| 209 | specified via C<aemp> for the current node. This should be the most common |
217 | specified via C<aemp> for the current node. This should be the most common |
| 210 | form of invocation for "daemon"-type nodes. |
218 | form of invocation for "daemon"-type nodes. |
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