So, I ran across something very strange about 5 minutes ago. I have a CS3 package built and ready to be tested before I deploy it. So I a using Casper Remote to push out the package manually to see if it works, and well an error occurred and I was reading through the logs and saw this:
Looking up user: java.sql.SQLException: Value '0000-00-00' can not be represented as java.sql.Timestamp
Switching servers for load balacing...
Executing Policy 2008-08-19 at 1:36 PM | tlarkin | 1 Computer...
Mounting afp://casper106.kckps.org/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare...
Error: The package (CS3.dmg) could not be found.
Then I saw that it switched to a different share point for load balancing and this is the bizzarre thing. For one my main share point is a brand spanking new intel xserve running a RAID with 4gigs of RAM. My back up for load balancing is a Core2Duo Mac mini. Why in the heck is it load balancing? Also, we haven't deployed my building yet so I have 1,357 Macbooks sitting on shelfs doing nothing right now in my office. So, why would the server even be taxed at this point to even try to load balance?
I think I am going to turn load balancing off because that makes no sense. Activity monitor shows my CPUs using like 0.1% of the quad xeon processors, and RAM is being threaded out and there is still like over 2gigs of RAM not even being used.
Of course I haven't synchronized my Mac Mini back up share points yet so when it load balanced it couldn't find CS3 and produced that error. So, I know why it ultimately didn't work but I don't understand the load balance option in the JSS. I think perhaps it just alternates transactions between servers, and well I want my Xserve doing the bulk of the work and only when it is being too taxed do I want the mini to help out.
Thoughts?
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
cell: 913-449-7589
office: 913-627-0351
