haneefmubarak
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10 years ago Heartbeats are used between servers to ensure that servers are reachable. If a server should fail to return heartbeats, the network disconnects the server from the network.
Having a separate port for heartbeat communications means that even if the server is working on something, a separate thread dedicated to handling the heartbeat will still return heartbeats.
Also, there isn't really any real cost associated with additional ports as long as we don't go overboard with them.
Good question though!
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Jano Varga notifications@github.com wrote:
Why not just ping the server just 4 times and check if all failed?
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Why not just ping the server just 4 times and check if all failed?