Re: [infinispan-dev] Proposal: ISPN-1394 Manual rehashing in 5.2

>> >> The getCache() timeout should not be increased at all. Instead I would >> propose that getCache() returns a functional cache immediately, even >> if the cache didn't receive any data, and it works solely as an L1 >> cache until the administrator allows it to join. I'd even make it >> possible to designate a cache as an L1-only cache, so it's never an >> owner for any key. > > I agree that would be very nice, but makes it much more complex to > implement in 5.2 as well: functional L1 means that the other nodes > must accept this node as part of the grid, including for L1 > invalidation purposes. I don't think L1 would be a problem, the L1 code doesn't assume that the requestor is in the CH. That would basically be the only difference between a "normal" node and a "L1-only" node.