[rabbitmq-discuss] Can RabbitMQ handle big messages?

[Zabrane Mickael]

> Clustered nodes are connected via 1 tcp connection, which must also
> transport a (erlang) heartbeat. If your big message takes more time to
> transfer between nodes than the heartbeat timeout (anywhere between
> ~20-45 seconds if I'm correct), the cluster will break and your
> message is lost.

I see.

> The preferred architecture for file transfer over amqp is to just send
> a message with a link to a downloadable resource and let the file
> transfer be handle by specialized protocol like ftp :-)


Nice idea. I'll try to implement that.

Regards,
Zabrane