I've done a bit of googling and believe I can figure out the rest of this myself.
Thanks a lot all. Tracy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Spratt Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:13 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Need advice on XMLSocket architecture Thanks, all, good advice. Since my requirements as very specific and I have control over all levels, and I have a bit of experience with .net socket programming, I plan to implement this as a .net socket server talking to XMLSocket AS clients. Jeremy and Jim, you both implied I could "..use a single port and send to a specific destination." I'll take this question over to a .net forum, but my limited understanding of socket programming does not include how this could work. Any follow up hints will be appreciated. Worst case, client filtering does not scare me. Thanks again, Tracy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larkin, Jeremy Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 3:18 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Need advice on XMLSocket architecture Keep in mind that you can use a single port and send to a specific destination. If you can identify the client specifically, then this should be pretty easy. That would allow you to send messages only to the clients that require the message. Creating a separate port for each connection would not scale well (I know you said this wasn't so much of an issue) and it could potentially be an administration nightmare. With that said, there are a number of free servers out there. Oregano (java-based) comes to mind. You had mentioned .NET, are you looking specifically for a .NET server? I don't know of any offhand, but I vaguely remember coming across one, maybe search on source forge. If you are familiar with network programming, it is possible you could roll your own if it has a specific need. What I mean is that it is not too difficult to build something if a) you know how to build it (duh), and b) the solution is very specific. The difficulty of writing a server comes with all the options (plugins, clustering, highly customizable messaging data, etc.). -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Spratt Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 2:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Flashcoders] Need advice on XMLSocket architecture Hello, I'm a regular on the flexcoders list, where it was suggested that I ask my question over here. Any advice will be welcome! I have 100 fixed, identifiable clients running a Flex 1.5 app on an intranet. A Dot.Net integration tier maintains individual states for each client. The integration tier talks asynchronously to third party apps over async tcp sockets and even mail transport. I had planned on a leisurely polling setup to get the clients updated with changes in state, but I now have a requirement for an update with minimum latency. The messaging between clients and server is very low frequency (a few clients updated per minute) and very low message size (a few k per update). I am now looking at a true "push" connection using XMLSockets. I see two approaches: On would be to have a separate port connection for each client with each client only getting their messages, the other would be a single port, where all clients would get all messages, and ignore those that were not theirs. In my case performance, reliability and simplicity are most important, and scalability not so much an issue. Any suggestions, experiences, resources would be appreciated!! Tracy _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
