Hi all- Currently evaluating some queue-like systems, ran across some previous messages in this group about "what is beanstalkd like" and some talk about a need for extra marketing doc's that would help beanstalk's case. I found Amazon's SQS and it seems to match almost exactly the service that beanstalkd provides:
...so in order to explain beanstalk in "sexy talk" to people, you can say: "It's just like amazon SQS, a work queue for distributing work units. Whereas with Amazon you assume that it won't lose your messages because they're Amazon, with beanstalk you just run multiple copies of beanstalkd in case one crashes. For truly reliable messaging, Message Persistance is Coming Soon(tm)". In other news, I was able to get from git and compile on latest debian testing... anybody know of work being done to package beanstalk for debian? Would there be any strenuous objections to me working on that, or any tips / guidance about doing it effectively? Thanks! --Robert http://aws.amazon.com/sqs/ """ Amazon SQS Message Lifecycle Messages that are stored in Amazon SQS have a lifecycle that is easy to manage but ensures that all messages are processed. A system that needs to send a message will find an Amazon SQS queue, and use SendMessage to add a new message to it. A different system that processes messages needs more messages to process, so it calls ReceiveMessage, and this message is returned. Once a message has been returned by ReceiveMessage, it will not be returned by any other ReceiveMessage until the visibility timeout has passed. This keeps multiple computers from processing the same message at once. If the system that processes messages successfully finishes working with this message, it calls DeleteMessage, which removes the message from the queue so no one else will ever process it. If this system fails to process the message, than it will be read by another ReceiveMessage call as soon as the visibility timeout passes. """ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beanstalk-talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/beanstalk-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
