[EHP-software] EIDS Update - QWIDS/EIDS v1.68

[Jeremy M Fee]

The update is complete.  Let us know if you notice anything strange.


Thanks,

Jeremy


On Dec 1, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Jeremy M Fee wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We will be updating the EIDS hubs this afternoon starting at 2:30pm  
> mountain time.  Hubs will be updated one at a time, and connected  
> clients should automatically failover to other hubs.  There is no  
> interruption of service expected.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: e.thomas at isti.com (Eric Thomas)
>> Date: November 17, 2010 5:27:25 PM MST
>> Subject: QWIDS/EIDS v1.68
>>
>> Hi all,
>>    I've posted QWIDS/EIDS version 1.68:  http://www.isti2.com/QWIDS
>>
>>    This update addresses an issue where, under some rare  
>> circumstances, a feeder or client-connect thread could get "stuck"  
>> while reconnecting to a source server.  The following was done:
>>
>> 1. Added more threading to 'closeImplementation()' library method  
>> to make sure it cannot block calling thread.
>>
>> 2. Added feeder-alive checking to QWServer so a warning message  
>> will be logged if a relay feeder is "stuck".
>>
>> 3. Added reporting of time of last data message from feeders and  
>> time of last data message sent by QWServer.
>>
>> 4. Modified QWStatusProcessor to track received data and 'alive'  
>> messages separately.
>>
>>    The status-processor reports generated for the main QuakeWatch  
>> servers now show the time that the last data message was sent by  
>> the QWServer, like this (after "Last dataMsg"):
>>
>> Monitored servers with good connections:
>> "QuakeWatch1 (Caltech, Pasadena)" @ quakewatch1.cisn.org:39977:   
>> Last dataMsg 109.5 secs ago, numDataMsgs=8200, last aliveMsg 2.1  
>> secs ago, numAliveMsgs=56327, numReps=944
>>
>>    So, it will be clear if a QWServer has not transmitted a data  
>> message for a long time.  The current status-processor report is  
>> always available here:
>> http://www.cisn.org/software/QWServer/status/primary/ 
>> CurrentReport.txt
>>    Jeremy -- let me know if you'd like to receive status emails  
>> from the QWStatusProcessor for the main QuakeWatch servers.
>>
>>    The QWIDS/EIDS revision history is here:  http://www.isti2.com/QWIDS/current_dist/QWIDS_Revision_History.html
>>
>>    I'll be sending out an email shortly asking the other QuakeWatch- 
>> server admins to update their servers.
>>
>> Regards
>> --ET
>>
>>   ------------------------------------------------
>> Eric Thomas - e.thomas at isti.com - http://www.isti.com
>>                Tel: (978) 422-7327
>>       Instrumental Software Technologies, Inc.
>> Systems Integration and Software Development Specialists
>>
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