diff -ur a/luci/cluster/resource-form-macros b/luci/cluster/resource-form-macros
--- a/luci/cluster/resource-form-macros	2010-09-27 04:00:44.000000000 -0400
+++ b/luci/cluster/resource-form-macros	2010-09-27 04:34:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -32,7 +32,29 @@
 				<td tal:define="isubtree res/attrs/__independent_subtree|nothing">
 					<input class="vanilla" type="checkbox"
 						name="__independent_subtree"
-						tal:attributes="checked python:(isubtree in ['1', 'true', 'True', True, 1]) and 'checked' or None" />
+						tal:attributes="checked python:(isubtree in ['1', 1]) and 'checked' or None" />
+				</td>
+			</tr>
+			<tr>
+				<td>This resource is non-critical</td>
+				<td tal:define="isubtree res/attrs/__independent_subtree|nothing">
+					<input class="vanilla" type="checkbox"
+						name="__independent_subtree_noncritical"
+						tal:attributes="checked python:(isubtree in ['2', 2]) and 'checked' or None" />
+				</td>
+			</tr>
+			<tr>
+				<td>Maximum number of restart failures before giving up<br>(applies only for non-critical resources)</td>
+				<td>
+					<input type="text" name="__max_restarts" size="3"
+						tal:attributes="value res/attrs/__max_restarts|nothing" />
+				</td>
+			</tr>
+			<tr>
+				<td>Restart expire time<br>(applies only for non-critical resources)</td>
+				<td>
+					<input type="text" name="__restart_expire_time" size="3"
+						tal:attributes="value res/attrs/__restart_expire_time|nothing" />
 				</td>
 			</tr>
 		</table>
diff -ur a/luci/site/luci/Extensions/LuciValidation.py b/luci/site/luci/Extensions/LuciValidation.py
--- a/luci/site/luci/Extensions/LuciValidation.py	2010-09-27 04:00:44.000000000 -0400
+++ b/luci/site/luci/Extensions/LuciValidation.py	2010-09-27 04:32:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -390,6 +390,29 @@
 			resObj.addAttribute('__independent_subtree', '1')
 		else:
 			resObj.removeAttribute('__independent_subtree')
+
+		if dummy_form.has_key('__independent_subtree_noncritical'):
+			resObj.addAttribute('__independent_subtree', '2')
+
+			if dummy_form.has_key('__max_restarts'):
+				try:
+					resObj.addAttribute('__max_restarts', str(int(dummy_form['__max_restarts'])))
+				except:
+					resObj.removeAttribute('__max_restarts')
+			else:
+				resObj.removeAttribute('__max_restarts')
+
+			if dummy_form.has_key('__restart_expire_time'):
+				try:
+					resObj.addAttribute('__restart_expire_time', str(int(dummy_form['__restart_expire_time'])))
+				except:
+					resObj.removeAttribute('__restart_expire_time')
+			else:
+				resObj.removeAttribute('__restart_expire_time')
+		else:
+			resObj.removeAttribute('__restart_expire_time')
+			resObj.removeAttribute('__max_restarts')
+
 		form_hash[form_id]['obj'] = resObj
 
 	if len(errors) > 0: