[zeromq-dev] Asynchronous Client-Server Pattern in ZGuide

[Ilja Golshtein]

Pieter,

my question is if the description of
what should be changed to switch 
from DEALER/DEALER to DEALER/ROUTER
correct.


15.11.2012, 03:20, "Pieter Hintjens" <ph at imatix.com>:
> Ilja,
>
> Correction, the text is right, though perhaps confusing. It explains
> two options (router-dealer, dealer-dealer), and then explains why we
> chose dealer-dealer in this case.
>
> -Pieter
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
>
>>  You're right, the text is wrong. The server and workers talk using
>>  DEALER-to-DEALER. I'll fix the text, thanks for catching this.
>>
>>  -Pieter
>>
>>  On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Ilja Golshtein <ilejncs at narod.ru> wrote:
>>>  Hello,
>>>  Pieter,
>>>  All.
>>>
>>>  In ZGuide in "The Asynchronous Client-Server Pattern" section we have
>>>  ==
>>>  Workers get unaddressed messages, and we manage the connections from server thread to worker threads explicitly using a ROUTER socket as backend. This would require that workers start by telling the server they exist, which can then route requests to workers and track which client is 'connected' to which worker. This is the load-balancing pattern again.
>>>  ==
>>>
>>>  Since we are talking about Routers at workers' side, I am not sure why "This would require that workers start by telling the server they exist".
>>>  It is server who should start a communication and he does it anyway.
>>>
>>>  Actually switching from DEALER to ROUTER at worker's side requires reading and writing extra frame, which is identity.
>>>
>>>  Do I miss something?
>>>
>>>  Thanks.
>>>
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>>>  Best regards
>>>  Ilja Golshtein
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Ilja Golshtein