<jargon> (IBM) To allow a system to complete the processing of
its current work before the system becomes unavailable.
E.g. draining a device before taking it off-line or telling
a web server in a server farm not to accept any new
requests but to finish processing any requests it has already
accepted.
[Jargon File]
(2005-07-18)
Nearby terms:
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