Staggering the MetadataProvider reloadInterval

[Cantor, Scott]

On 10/25/11 3:46 PM, "Scott Klawitter" <sklawitter at ebsco.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know if there is a performance gain by staggering the
>MetadataProvider reloadInterval in the shibboleth2.xml configuration file.

Staggering it against what?

> 
>What value is a standard best practice for an SP.

The reload interval is a function of the source of the metadata and how
often you expect it to change. The cost of checking is near zero anyway as
long as the server returns a 304 when it should.

-- Scott