OK, we agree to never use "QoS" in any ZeroMQ-related context :-)
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Dorvin <[email protected]> wrote: > W dniu 2014-10-20 10:50, Holger Joukl pisze: >> Sadly and as often the case this term is used with multiple meanings >> in different contexts, see e.g. the QoS definitions of the MQTT protocol: >> http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/webservices/ws-mqtt/MQTT_V3.1_Protocol_Specific.pdf > There are lots of similar situations between groups (f.e. windows admins > vs programmers vs networking guys). More funny is that these happen in > one group, too. F.e. "trunk" means completely different thing with Cisco > switches and HP switches. Since name "QoS" hasn't yet been popularized > in 0MQ community and this is networking software it seems sensible to > not get used to it in confusing context. > > The only thing you need to do about QoS is to tell your network admins > to reserve you some bandwidth or complain about slow transfer and packet > drops. :) > >> >> I don't know where the term first originated from but I agree >> it's best to avoid confusion. So maybe "delivery guarantees" or >> "reliability level" might be better words. > > Reliability sounds just fine. But use whatever suits you if it's not QoS. :) > > > With regards, > Jarek > > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev _______________________________________________ zeromq-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev
