so to implement this the broker would keep a list of workers.. what if a
worker crashes and the router tries to send to it.. the guide mentions that
the msg would be silently dropped. can I set option SET_ROUTER_MANDATORY so
the send command returns an error and I try another connected worker?


On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Nishant Mittal <nmit...@rblt.com> wrote:

> thanks Harsh
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Harsh Doshi <har...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Btw I meant, it would block or drop messages if you use a HWM that is low
>> (but not 0). 0 should give you unlimited limit, but you will eventually
>> block or drop messages (tcp buffers filling up, etc).
>> Better load balancing will be achieved by using a router socket
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Harsh Doshi <har...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 0 would mean no limit. And it would either block or drop messages (I
>>> think).
>>> You'll need a router socket
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Nishant Mittal <nmit...@rblt.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> i see.. that might explain why DLR is blocking.. so do you think if i
>>>> set the SND buffer to 0 on the dealer.. this will work? effectively giving
>>>> me a load balanced broker?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Stuart Brandt <s...@compuserve.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Your DLR has a send_hwm too, so it's going fair queue against its
>>>>> outbound queues (which might not be full despite receiver not accepting
>>>>> more).  The mentioned load-balancing-message-broker or one of the reliable
>>>>> request-response patterns in section 4 will probably serve you better than
>>>>> trying to control routing by adjusting HWM.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/18/13 10:58 AM, Nishant Mittal wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> aah, i remember that now.. i'll look into it again.
>>>>> my hope was DLR would "try" to fair queue but if the worker was not
>>>>> accepting any more msgs.. DLR would try the other worker.. but its not
>>>>> doing that.
>>>>>
>>>>>  thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Andy Ballingall TF <
>>>>> balling...@thefoundry.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On 18 January 2013 15:14, Nishant Mittal <nmit...@rblt.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have 3 workers (REP) connected to a DLR socket. each worker takes
>>>>>>> a msg, processes and responds... however, as the DLR socket 
>>>>>>> fair-queues..
>>>>>>> requests are sent like this...
>>>>>>> 1st -> 1st worker
>>>>>>>  2nd -> 2nd worker
>>>>>>>  3rd -> 3rd worker
>>>>>>> 4th -> 1st worker
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  problem is if the 1st worker is still busy with the 1st request
>>>>>>> the 4th request waits... even if the 2nd and 3rd workers are free. I am
>>>>>>> "guessing" its because of the receive buffer on the REP socket..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  is it possible to fix this by setting the ZMQ_RCVHWM to 0?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I'm not sure if it will help your use case, but have you read
>>>>>> through the load balancing example in the guide?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  http://zguide.zeromq.org/page:all#A-Load-Balancing-Message-Broker
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Workers are only given work to do if they are free, so you never
>>>>>> get the problem of some workers having a queue of things to process while
>>>>>> others are idle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Andy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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