[zeromq-dev] push to multiple pull sockets

[Andrew Hume]

it does exactly as you wish.
push pull supports multiple pushers and multiple pullers.
it does fair cheduling amongst the pushers
and load balancing across the pullers.
i use this paradigm all the time.


although, i think push/pull doesn't work so well with multicast transport.

On Jan 30, 2011, at 6:15 PM, Nathan Marz wrote:

> I asked about this on irc, but I'd like to get more information on this. In the system I'm building, I need to push messages to multiple workers. The sender knows who all the receivers are, but push sockets only support load-balancing and not pushing to all the receivers. 
> 
> I was told I should use pub/sub for this functionality, but this seems needlessly complex if I want to ensure no messages lost as it requires a synchronization step. The system I'm building has fault-tolerance built at the software layer, so publishers/receivers can change over time as machines go down and tasks get reassigned. Synchronizing new publishers and receivers mid-processing is not desirable.
> 
> Are there technical reasons why multicasting from a push socket to multiple pull sockets is not desirable? Alternatively, are there any major drawbacks to having the sender open up a separate push socket to each receiver?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nathan
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