[Swift-commit] r2844 - trunk/docs

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Author: benc
Date: 2009-04-08 07:28:46 -0500 (Wed, 08 Apr 2009)
New Revision: 2844

Modified:
   trunk/docs/userguide.xml
Log:
userguide doc for replication properties

Modified: trunk/docs/userguide.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/docs/userguide.xml	2009-04-08 12:27:56 UTC (rev 2843)
+++ trunk/docs/userguide.xml	2009-04-08 12:28:46 UTC (rev 2844)
@@ -2572,9 +2572,52 @@
 							</para>
 						</listitem>
 					</varlistentry>
-			
+	
 					<varlistentry>
 						<term>
+							<property>replication.enabled</property>
+						</term>
+						<listitem>
+							
+							<para>
+								Valid values: <literal>true</literal>, <literal>false</literal>
+							</para>
+							
+							<para>
+								Default value: <literal>false</literal>
+							</para>
+						
+							<para>
+Enables/disables replication. Replication is used to deal with jobs sitting
+in batch queues for abnormally large amounts of time. If replication is enabled
+and certain conditions are met, Swift creates and submits replicas of jobs, and
+allows multiple instances of a job to compete.
+							</para>
+						</listitem>
+					</varlistentry>
+
+					<varlistentry>
+						<term>
+							<property>replication.limit</property>
+						</term>
+						<listitem>
+							
+							<para>
+								Valid values: positive integers
+							</para>
+							
+							<para>
+								Default value: 3
+							</para>
+						
+							<para>
+The maximum number of replicas that Swift should attempt.
+							</para>
+						</listitem>
+					</varlistentry>
+		
+					<varlistentry>
+						<term>
 							<property>sitedir.keep</property>
 						</term>
 						<listitem>