Gearman with multiple servers and php workers

Question

I\'m having a problem with gearman workers running on multiple servers which i can\'t seem to solve.

The problem occurs when a worker server is taken offline, rather tha

Answer 1

Further to @Darhazer 's comment above. We found that as well and solved like thus :-

// Gearman workers show a strong preference for servers at the end of a list so randomize the order
$worker = new GearmanWorker();
$s2 = explode(",", Configure::read('workers.servers'));
shuffle($s2);
$servers = implode(",", $s2);
$worker->addServers($servers); 

We run 6 to 10 workers at any time, and expire them after they've completed x requests.