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[Question #209016]: statsd, workers, udp, and fail-safe load balancing

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From: Orion Fillmore <question209016@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:41:14 -0000
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New question #209016 on Graphite:
https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/209016

Hello,

I am new to graphite and needing to use statsd with it.  I am setting up a master/slave config for multiple graphite servers with load balancing between statsd and carbon as a failsafe measure for if, I mean when my master crashes.  However, my question is what should I do for failover protection on the statsd end.   

What is the best/recommended method for this.  How should my workers deal with statsd crashing?  I've put a basic example down below to illustrate my question (poorly drawn, but the point should be there).

                                                                         Graphite
                                                                               |
                                                                               |
                                              Carbon master ---- -----Carbon slave
                                                                               |(TCP)
                                                         ___________|____________ load balancer 
                                                         ___________|_____________ 
                                                       /                                                 \
                                                       |   statds     statds    statsd      |
                                                       |                                                   |
                                                        \________________________/                                                 
                                                                |              | (UDP)    |                                              
                                                         ___ |_______|________|____(should I just put another load balancer here?)
                                                                |              |               |
                                                                |              |               |
                                                          worker     worker    worker


This might be a newbie question, but I was having trouble finding  documentation for this issue.  Also, I know the nature of UDP makes this issue tough to deal, so any pointers/suggestions/help is greatly appreciated.

-Fillmore

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