anchor.diff:      [Bucket || ?MODULE_STRING "-" ++ Bucket <-
                      [atom_to_list(Name) || Name <- registered()]].
   
  -connected(Bucket) ->
  -    misc:running(server(Bucket)).
  -
  -
   connected(Node, Bucket) ->
  -    misc:running(Node, server(Bucket)).
  +    try gen_server:call({server(Bucket), Node}, noop) of
  +        ok ->
  +            true
  +    catch
  +        _:_ ->
  +            false
  +    end.
   
   
   %% @doc Delete a vbucket. Will set the vbucket to dead state if it
  
positive.code: -record(state, {bucket::nonempty_string(), sock::port()}).
  
  %% external API
  -export([active_buckets/0, connected/1, connected/2,
           delete_vbucket/2, delete_vbucket/3,
           get_vbucket/3,
           host_port_str/0, host_port_str/1,
  
negative.code:                         binary_to_existing_atom(V, latin1)} | Acc]
                end, []),
      {reply, Reply, State};
  handle_call(noop, _From, State) ->
      {reply, ok, State};
  handle_call({set_flush_param, Key, Value}, _From, State) ->
      Reply = mc_client_binary:set_flush_param(State#state.sock, Key, Value),
      {reply, Reply, State};
  