[zeromq-dev] zeromq-dev Digest, Vol 34, Issue 124

Martin Sustrik sustrik at 250bpm.com
Wed Oct 27 12:25:27 CEST 2010


On 10/27/2010 12:20 PM, Steven McCoy wrote:

> The preferred solution for this should be implementing a virtual circuit
> above ØMQ, then you tweak the heartbeat intervals as required for LAN,
> MAN, or WAN latencies.  The problem has already been solved, no need to
> re-invent the wheel?

The problem I see is with large scale distributions. In a truly global 
network each node can have potentially millions of peers. It's just not 
viable to monitor presence of them all.

Martin



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