1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mogilefs/backend.rb b/lib/mogilefs/backend.rb
index afc2f1a..b9fc886 100644
--- a/lib/mogilefs/backend.rb
+++ b/lib/mogilefs/backend.rb
@@ -138,12 +138,17 @@ class MogileFS::Backend
    end
  
    def dispatch_unlocked(request, timeout = @timeout) # :nodoc:
+    tries = nil
      begin
        io = socket
        io.timed_write(request, timeout)
        io
-    rescue SystemCallError, MogileFS::RequestTruncatedError  => err
-      @dead[@active_host] = [ Time.now, err ]
+    rescue SystemCallError, MogileFS::RequestTruncatedError => err
+      tries ||= Hash.new { |tries,host| tries[host] = 0 }
+      nr = tries[@active_host] += 1
+      if nr >= 2
+        @dead[@active_host] = [ Time.now, err ]
+      end
        shutdown_unlocked
        retry
      end