[zeromq-dev] exhausting limited FDs

[Chick Corea]

I have a non-hypothetical concern re: FD usage with ZMQ.  Admittedly,
I am a typical programmer having implemented most inter-proc comm via
bare sockets.

As I understand the general use-model, a program would would use
multiple TCP ports for the various message-types to be sent between
servers and clients, PUB/SUB, REQ/REP, PUSH/PULL.  That being the
case, comm between two procs, a server could easily use 2 or more
sockets for each client.  If a proc is limited to 5k FDs then the
number of clients simultaneously connected is limited to less than
2.5k before it has to start managing those FDs with some kind of LRU
algorith with reconnects as necessary.

That seems to be the inevitable outcome of not being able to map an
endpoint to multiple sockets.  Is that correct?

What's the solution?   Is that actually acceptable?

Thank you.

FWIW, ZMQ seems very promising to use in my current project.  I have
two key concerns re: it; this is one of them.

CZC