Metronome Class

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The metronome runs activities on a regular schedule and it is responsible for launching all of the activities that the Autoscaling Application Block performs.

Namespace: Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.WindowsAzure.Autoscaling
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.WindowsAzure.Autoscaling (in Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.WindowsAzure.Autoscaling.dll) Version: 5.0.1118.0 (5.0.1118.0)

Syntax

public sealed class Metronome : IMetronome, 
    IDisposable

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Metronome _
    Implements IMetronome, IDisposable

public ref class Metronome sealed : IMetronome, 
    IDisposable

Remarks

Each activity can have its own schedule: for example, one activity could run every 10 seconds, while another runs every 5 minutes. To ensure that only one instance of the Metronome can run at any given time in any role instance in your Windows Azure environment, it can uses a lease on a Windows Azure blob (see IExecutionLease).

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.WindowsAzure.Autoscaling.Metronome

See Also

Metronome Members

Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.WindowsAzure.Autoscaling Namespace