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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by reading ChannelSearch.java and PVASettings.java to see how MAX_SEARCH_PERIOD is defined and used, then compare the search behavior with the pvxs netconfig documentation linked in the issue. The requested direction is a configurable, longer search period with exponential backoff; done means the setting can be adjusted for the Archiver Appliance and the search backs off as intended.

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Description

Is there a reason why MAX_SEARCH_PERIOD is hard coded in ChannelSearch.java? I'm wondering if it makes sense to be in the PVASettings.java instead.

It looks like from https://epics-base.github.io/pvxs/netconfig.html that pvxs does an exponential backoff, whereas from my initial reading that ChannelSearch does up to 30 seconds increasing in a second at a time.

Since the broadcasts can affect the network when this library is used in the Archiver Appliance I think it makes sense in the archiver to have a much longer MAX_SEARCH_PERIOD, and to have exponential backoff.

fyi @mdavidsaver @kasemir

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