Fill server not being honored

[Questar_99]

Hi guys,

Just did the upgrade from 5 to 6 this morning.

I have Blocknews configured as a fill server, but whenever I enable it, it starts downloading as if it's a regular server.

Ideas?

Thanks!

[Quade]

Is the other server failing?
Is it the only active server?

Those 2 things,

- Server failing the download
- Only one active server

Will make fill mode kick in. I mean, it makes no sense to set fill mode if there's only one server so, Newsbin ignores the setting when there's only one.

[Questar_99]

Hi Quade,

Thanks for the fast reply.

To answer you questions, no, Blocknews is not the only server, and there is no reason for it to be filling.

Here's what happens:

1. Primary server is downloading away.
2. Enable fill server - now downloads immediately start occurring on both servers.
3. Disable fill server - goes back to downloading only from primary.

Do you think deleting and recreating the fill server will help?

[Quade]

I wonder if it's confused because you flipped fill on and off. I'd suggest setting fill in the server, then restarting Newsbin.

See what happens.

[Questar_99]

No go.

I tried creating a new fill server entry from scratch, and it does that same thing.

[Quade]

I'm using 6.3B5 here. You could try 6.3B4 it's essentially the same.

I have Astra as primary and Giga as fill. Added a set to download, it's only downloading from Astra. Toggle modes on both servers. Now Astra is fill and Giga is not. It's not downloading from Astra now.

I have to believe there's something you're not seeing that's important to this. You sure you're not seeing 430 errors in the logging tab?

[Questar_99]

Logging tab is empty.

Just did what what you did, swapped fill settings between both servers. Still downloads from both simultaneously.

[Quade]

Don't know then. Might want to give 6.3B4 a try.

[Questar_99]

No Change with the beta.

But, I think nailed it down.

It only seems to occur with files that were in my download list when I upgraded. Newly added files don't seem to exhibit the issue.

[Quade]

Hmm that's good to know. Not sure why though. Might be a good idea to let the download list empty then delete the "Downloads.db3" file from the data folder to give you a fresh start.