I learned the same lesson... External components require a LOT more work to set up, but give you a lot more flexibility and options for scaling. That said, there just isn't a lot of information out there as to people's experiences building these thins. Which is why I'm trying to create a more general framework that others can use.
Thanks, adam On Jun 18, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Pedro Melo wrote: > Hi, > > On Jun 18, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > >> On 06/18/2008 6:07 AM, Jonathan Dickinson wrote: >>> Hey Adam, >>> >>> A load-balancable bot? I assume that means that your chatbot can >>> have x amounts of real contacts. >> >> He may mean something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Often >> people start out writing those as bots but then they find that the >> bot >> doesn't scale up to 10,000 contacts so they convert it to a >> component. >> Perhaps the Gnip folks plan to make that transition easier or even >> unnecessary in the first place. Pure speculation. :) > > I missed the original message but this would be my recomendation too. > > I know of a system, 5 external components load-balanced using > ejabberd domain_balance stuff that represents about 500k virtual > users each with 10 to 15 buddies avg. > > external components are the way to go to implement large scale bots. > > Best regards, > -- > HIId: Pedro Melo > SMTP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > XMPP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > JDev mailing list > FAQ: http://www.jabber.org/discussion-lists/jdev-faq > Forum: http://www.jabberforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=20 > Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ JDev mailing list FAQ: http://www.jabber.org/discussion-lists/jdev-faq Forum: http://www.jabberforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=20 Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________
