[rabbitmq-discuss] messages not getting acknowledged as it should be

[Matthias Radestock]

On 22/01/13 21:54, jdepp wrote:
> I changed my code from using the basic get for the consumer to use the
> subscribe option. With the basicget I could see each message get
> acknowledged after processing. Using the subscribe method I see the messages
> disappear from the ready queue at a fast rate but appear in the Unacked
> column and then get acknowledged but at a slower rate.

You may want to read 
http://www.rabbitmq.com/blog/2012/05/11/some-queuing-theory-throughput-latency-and-bandwidth/. 
Well, the first half anyway.

Matthias.