Re: [MEDIACTRL] MRB Publish interface suggestion

I'm ok with it as well, it sounds like a reasonable improvement which wouldn't add any additional or unrequired complexity to an implementation.

L.

On Thu, 19 May 2011 15:12:50 +0100
Chris Boulton <chris@ns-technologies.com> wrote:

> Gary - this seems reasonable to me.  Unless anyone objects I will look 
> at weaving into the text and submit a new version (which will also 
> include some final edits).  Any thoughts?  Shout.
> 
> On 13/04/2011 11:33, MUNSON, GARY A (ATTSI) wrote:
> > Thanks for posting mrb-08.
> >
> > I have one modification to suggest for the Publish interface.
> >
> > Currently the Publish subscription element has a 'frequency' child
> > element that says how often the MRB wants to receive notifications from
> > an MS on status of its resources.
> >
> > I find myself wondering whether a notification interval range min and
> > max might be more useful than frequency. I.e., so that the MRB would
> > tell the MS that the interval duration from the last notification to the
> > next notification should be no more than X seconds and no less than Y
> > seconds.
> >
> > That way the MS could optionally be allowed to decide, within
> > constraints, how often to send notifications to MRB. So, for example,
> > when things are working normally the MS might send updates every 30
> > minutes, but if all of a sudden its real time consumption gets clobbered
> > because of some system emergency audit running and the effective number
> > of idle ports is seriously diminished, it can send a next event
> > notification much sooner.
> >
> > Specifying max/min values instead of a single frequency adds a tiny bit
> > of complexity to the Publish interface but could have a significant
> > benefit. And one could still specify a single frequency by setting min
> > and max to the same value.
> >
> > BR,
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > Gary Munson
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