[rabbitmq-discuss] Clustering over a WAN

[Simon MacMullen]

On 28/02/11 21:59, Alexis Richardson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Michael Bridgen<mikeb at rabbitmq.com>  wrote:
>>> Another approach is to create federation models in new exchange
>>> types.
>>
>> Why have new exchange types -- why not just federate those that exist
>> already?
>
> Yes, that would be spiff too.

FTR the current design for the federation plugin (of which more soon) 
falls between these two - there is a new "x-federation" exchange type, 
but it can emulate any existing type; it doesn't have its own routing logic.

The fact of it being an exchange type may go away in the future, 
although it's actually pretty convenient.

Cheers, Simon

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Simon MacMullen
Staff Engineer, RabbitMQ
SpringSource, a division of VMware