[zeromq-dev] Is 0mq suitable for producer/consumer kind of problem?

[Ryan Chan]

Hi,


On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist at mac.com> wrote:
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> I'm not sure I understand your use-case. 0mq is a transport mechanism. Mongodb is a database. Why would you think that 0mq could replace Mongodb?
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> cr
>

My use of MongoDB is just as a buffer for job allocation,

e.g.

a. Insert a link into the DB
b. Crawl the link and analyze the page for links
c. Remove the link from DB
d. Repeat

I am not sure if 0mq already can handle this efficiently.