1 package DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Balancer;
4 requires 'next_storage';
8 DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Balancer; A Software Load Balancer
12 This role is used internally by L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated>.
16 Given a pool (L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool>) of replicated
17 database's (L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Replicant>), defines a
18 method by which query load can be spread out across each replicant in the pool.
22 This class defines the following attributes.
24 =head2 auto_validate_every ($seconds)
26 If auto_validate has some sort of value, run the L<validate_replicants> every
27 $seconds. Be careful with this, because if you set it to 0 you will end up
28 validating every query.
32 has 'auto_validate_every' => (
35 predicate=>'has_auto_validate_every',
40 The L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI> object that is the master database all the
41 replicants are trying to follow. The balancer needs to know it since it's the
48 isa=>'DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI',
54 The L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool> object that we are trying to
61 isa=>'DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool',
65 =head2 current_replicant
67 Replicant storages (slaves) handle all read only traffic. The assumption is
68 that your database will become readbound well before it becomes write bound
69 and that being able to spread your read only traffic around to multiple
70 databases is going to help you to scale traffic.
72 This attribute returns the next slave to handle a read request. Your L</pool>
73 attribute has methods to help you shuffle through all the available replicants
74 via it's balancer object.
78 has 'current_replicant' => (
80 isa=>'DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI',
91 This class defines the following methods.
93 =head2 _build_current_replicant
95 Lazy builder for the L</current_replicant_storage> attribute.
99 sub _build_current_replicant {
106 This method should be defined in the class which consumes this role.
108 Given a pool object, return the next replicant that will serve queries. The
109 default behavior is to grap the first replicant it finds but you can write
110 your own subclasses of L<DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Balancer> to
111 support other balance systems.
113 This returns from the pool of active replicants. If there are no active
114 replicants, then you should have it return the master as an ultimate fallback.
116 =head2 around: next_storage
118 Advice on next storage to add the autovalidation. We have this broken out so
119 that it's easier to break out the auto validation into a role.
121 This also returns the master in the case that none of the replicants are active
122 or just just forgot to create them :)
126 around 'next_storage' => sub {
127 my ($next_storage, $self, @args) = @_;
130 ## Do we need to validate the replicants?
132 $self->has_auto_validate_every &&
133 ($self->auto_validate_every + $self->pool->last_validated) <= $now
135 $self->pool->validate_replicants;
138 ## Get a replicant, or the master if none
139 my $next = $self->$next_storage(@args);
140 return $next ? $next:$self->master;
143 =head2 before: select
145 Advice on the select attribute. Each time we use a replicant
146 we need to change it via the storage pool algorithm. That way we are spreading
147 the load evenly (hopefully) across existing capacity.
151 before 'select' => sub {
153 my $next_replicant = $self->next_storage;
154 $self->current_replicant($next_replicant);
157 =head2 before: select_single
159 Advice on the select_single attribute. Each time we use a replicant
160 we need to change it via the storage pool algorithm. That way we are spreading
161 the load evenly (hopefully) across existing capacity.
165 before 'select_single' => sub {
167 my $next_replicant = $self->next_storage;
168 $self->current_replicant($next_replicant);
171 =head2 before: columns_info_for
173 Advice on the current_replicant_storage attribute. Each time we use a replicant
174 we need to change it via the storage pool algorithm. That way we are spreading
175 the load evenly (hopefully) across existing capacity.
179 before 'columns_info_for' => sub {
181 my $next_replicant = $self->next_storage;
182 $self->current_replicant($next_replicant);
187 John Napiorkowski <john.napiorkowski@takkle.com>
191 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.