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The idea is that it's not a sudden hard failure. Instead only a few things fail which helps in two ways: reducing the load by discarding some work and alerting

by cjg 5y ago

The idea is that it's not a sudden hard failure. Instead only a few things fail which helps in two ways: reducing the load by discarding some work and alerting that the system is beginning to be overloaded.

gpderetta 5y ago
this is similar to Random Early Detection [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_early_detection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_early_detection
- cjg 5y ago
  Yes.