[rabbitmq-discuss] Can RabbitMQ handle big messages?

Mon Mar 12 15:42:52 GMT 2012

It's not a bug. You have to be aware of it to build reliable systems in case of multiple connected Erlang nodes.

Regards,
Zabrane

On Mar 12, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Tony Garnock-Jones wrote:

> On 12 March 2012 08:51, Irmo Manie <irmo.manie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Wow! Is that really the case? Erlang's distribution breaks if no heartbeats have been received *even if there's traffic coming in on the wire*? Sounds like an Erlang bug. Or perhaps there's some subtlety in the design I'm not seeing!
> 
> Regards,
>   Tony
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