[rabbitmq-discuss] Eager sync

Mon May 20 19:42:48 BST 2013

On 20 May 2013, at 14:56, Andrey Kolchanov <kolchanov at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a new feature in rabbitmq 3.1.0 - eager synchronization.  
> What is this eager synchronization in detail?  

With eager sync enabled, queues will block (i.e., become unresponsive) when a new mirror/slave joins, whilst the slave is synchronised.

> Should I explicitly set eager sync policy?

It will only happen if you *do* explicitly set ha-sync-mode to automatic, or manually call 'sync' via rabbitmqctl.

Cheers,
Tim