[rabbitmq-discuss] Meaning of message_stats contents

Wed May 21 10:24:35 BST 2014

On 21 May 2014 at 13:20:21, John Tuley (jtuley at pivotallabs.com) wrote:
> > Specifically, we're wondering about message_stats and the 
> difference between deliver_get and deliver_no_ack. Our use 
> case is a tool that periodically reports the number of messages 
> published to our queue as well as the number of messages delivered 
> (i.e. reporting flow through the queue). (Or maybe message_stats 
> is the wrong place to look for that information?)

The difference is how messages are retrieved: using basic.get (on demand)
or basic.consume (a long-running subscription). message_stats is the right
place to look to collect queue rate samples.
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MK 

Software Engineer, Pivotal/RabbitMQ