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. So my proposal on blocking until ready is to make a first step, and I think it would still be very useful for people wanting to boot some ~100 nodes. Blocking the application is not a big deal, as you're delaying boot of an application which was likely not even powered on before. When adding several new nodes, I just want them to "add all at once", so preventing intermediate rehashing: until all have joined you should block rehash - that's a manual (or more likely automated externally) step and will not be engaged for long, nor it would replace normal behaviour when disabled.