[zeromq-dev] Load-balancing pattern vs. round-robin

[Eugene Alterman]

The guide mentions two possible approaches for the design of the 
server-to-worker interface in the asynchronous client-server pattern -  
a ROUTER socket with the load-balancing pattern and a DEALER socket that 
does round-robin load balancing internally.

In this particular case worker threads are in the same process as the 
server thread, but my understanding is that in the general case the 
second approach is more reliable, since if a worker goes offline a 
ROUTER will drop an unroutable message, while a DEALER will send it to 
another worker that is available.

Is this understanding correct?