Multicast. If you unicast to 2 separate nodes for resiliency, then you are actually sending double the UDP traffic to a multicast solution.
So unicast does not save on UDP network traffic - the opposite actually in the resiliency case. What unicast does do of course is reduce the load and memory footprint of most of the individual gmond processes, as they are not taking care of the state of the whole cluster. Dear Gurus, I hope this paper analysis is correct. regards, richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information about Barclays Capital, please visit our web site at http://www.barcap.com. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the Barclays Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Although the Barclays Group operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Barclays Group. Replies to this email may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
