[erlang-questions] failures in supervised processes

[Magnus Klaar]

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>
> > on the remote node to indicate failure.  My question is about
> > distributed processes that simply die/lose contact.
> >
> > Let's say the remote process is on a computer whose network cable is
> suddenly
> > removed.  What happens then, does the supervisor do its own active
> checks,
> > what is the fallback mechanism there?
>
> Normally you would have a supervisor only take care of local processes.
> Supervising remote processes is probably technically possible, but isn't
> something I'd contemplate for a production system (but maybe that's just
> me).
>
>
The distribution protocol transparently support process links and process
monitors. If the connection to a remote node is lost all links and monitors
associated with a process on the remote node fire with the reason
'noconnection'.
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