[zeromq-dev] A "reliable" PUSH/PULL pattern?

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 1:20 AM, Randall Nortman <rnzmq at wonderclown.net> wrote:

> FYI, my expectation for this application is that short-duration
> failures (in the form of long delays if not complete disconnection)
> are fairly frequent, because this communication is happening over a
> slow, unreliable wide area network.

Then you want something else than a pipeline pattern, which is meant
for grid computing on a tightly bound LAN.

I'd suggest one of the reliable request-reply patterns like Majordomo,
or a simpler acknowledged req-rep.

-Pieter