Megatest

     ;; give up if more than 15 attempts
     ((> attemptnum 15)
      (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: 15 tries to start/connect to server. Giving up.")
      (exit 1))
     ;; reset the connection if it has been unused too long
     ((and *runremote*
           (remote-conndat *runremote*)
	   (let ((expire-time (- start-time (remote-server-timeout *runremote*))))
	   (let ((expire-time (+ (- start-time (remote-server-timeout *runremote*))(random 30)))) ;; add 30 seconds of noise so that not all running tests expire at the same time causing a storm of server starts
	     (< (http-transport:server-dat-get-last-access (remote-conndat *runremote*)) expire-time)))
      (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  8")
      (remote-conndat-set! *runremote* #f)
      (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))
     ;; ensure we have a record for our connection for given area
     ((not *runremote*)                     

     (filter (lambda (rec)
	       (let ((start-time (list-ref rec 3))
		     (mod-time   (list-ref rec 0)))
		 ;; (print "start-time: " start-time " mod-time: " mod-time)
		 (and start-time mod-time
		      (> (- now start-time) 0)    ;; been running at least 0 seconds
		      (< (- now mod-time)   16)   ;; still alive - file touched in last 16 seconds
		      (< (- now start-time) 
		      (< (- now start-time) (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime") "3600"))) ;; under one hour running time
                         (+ (- (string->number (or (configf:lookup *configdat* "server" "runtime") "3600"))
                               180)
                            (random 360))) ;; under one hour running time +/- 180
		      )))
	     srvlst)
     (lambda (a b)
       (< (list-ref a 3)
	  (list-ref b 3))))))

(define (server:get-first-best areapath)