[DGD] callout implementation

[Felix A. Croes]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 03:57:14PM -0800, Shentino wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Felix A. Croes <felix at dworkin.nl> wrote:
>[...]
> > The cyclic buffer <is> a queue.  Its purpose is to be a very efficient
> > queue.
> 
> I'm still not quite clear here...what distinguishes it from the "regular" queue?

It is an ordinary queue, optimized for this particular use.


> > Timediff is the number of seconds lost between the moment a snapshot
> > was made, and when the server restarted with that snapshot, accumulated
> > for all restarts.
> 
> So it's basically a downtime accumulator?

Let's call it a lost time accumulator.  If the server reboots after a
crash, it has not been down.

Regards,
Felix Croes