I had a quick question: I'm a lead developer at a small startup and we're working on a solution that depends on the data in our core service to push out periodic updates to other API's (like Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and we want to build a microservices arch. We intend to keep the core service and the data-push service across multiple instances. Is Akka going to be a good choice for a problem like this?
We've built our core API using Scala and the Play Framework and we're happy with the outcomes. And while we were working on the core, we began to look into Akka and it looked quite interesting, given the buzz it has around the web and the success stories. We will, however, need some convincing about a service like the one I mentioned. What we will definitely need from a system like this is; - The system should process push requests concurrently: other requests shouldn't be blocked if the remote API is taking too long to respond. - Errors should be logged and reported, and failed requests should be queued back. - We're talking about potentially hundreds of requests per minute in the beginning, we've heard good things about Akka's performance, but we're yet to come across a similar use case to be sufficiently convinced. - It should be possible for the core service to communicate with a remotely running Akka service. For example; the Core API runs on some instance, and the Akka services run on some other instances. A push request is initiated in an action of the Core service – where a push request is sent to Akka. The appropriate service for that API should pick that up and send it to the target API and report back with a confirmation. I'm quite keen on diving into Akka for a project like this, but as I said before, I'll need some convincing. -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to akka-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to akka-user@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
