Update 10/29/2009

[Ekaika]

Originally Posted by Colt-556

I said the auto-restarter wouldn't work for deadlocks on another thread. As I said there, an auto-restarter isn't some sentient-AI, it simply reboots the server when it crashes. But if my understanding of deadlocks is correct, a deadlock doesn't technically crash the server, that is, make it go offline. There's nothing for the auto-restarter to restart, cuz it's still online. Just nothing can be done with it.

Not exactly, but close. Offline says the server is down. A deadlock situation means the server is quite alive, however standing facing itself in a showdown waiting for one or the other to draw first, if you get my meaning.