Low latency messaging software

Question

Hi,

I have worked with TIBCO RV on applications that require low latency messaging. I have heard of projects where the team had to roll out their own socket code to get messages faster than the speed offered by RV.

Are there any tools out there, probably open source that can come close to or better than TIBCO RV?

Thanks Hari

Answer 1

Have a look at RabbitMQ and ZeroMQ.

RabbitMQ is designed for stability (it's very very hard to crash) and scalability (you can easily cluster more rabbits together to improve throughput).

ZeroMQ, on the other hand, is designed specifically for speed and efficiency, but is a bit lacking in features.

And if you need a middle-ground between the two, you can use the RabbitMQ-ZeroMQ bridge (i.e. rabbit broker/zeromq clients).