[zeromq-dev] just checking

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Andrew Hume <andrew at research.att.com> wrote:

> using tcp transport, is it still the case that every subscriber needs to
> know the tcp port number for every publisher?

In general, you will use a forwarder device to concentrate data from
publishers and fan it out to subscribers.  N-to-N topologies do not
scale well.  If you have high data rates you can use multicast (which
plays the role of a forwarder device).

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Pieter Hintjens
iMatix - www.imatix.com