[rabbitmq-discuss] [Minimum Air Induction] Introducing Shovel: An AMQP Relay

Sun Sep 21 05:07:46 BST 2008

Valentino,

Valentino Volonghi wrote:
> On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Matthias Radestock wrote:
>> Why would the connection be used in bursts?
> 
> This is what I saw on a test. I suppose that's because until the 
> transaction is committed shovel doesn't see messages coming

Makes sense. I didn't realise you were talking about the connection to 
the consumer.

You can probably get away with much shorter tx sizes than 500, in 
exchange for a comparatively small performance penalty of, say, 10%, and 
thus make the transmissions less bursty.

Matthias.