I also used it for a national operation based EAI
server. My only problem was just the sheer number of
transactions is eating up CPU, but thats not really a
problem of the server acquisition not the software. No
problems so far, going really strong and performant.
The pure simplicity of the XMLRPC specification makes
any implementation a dependable tool.

--- String Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've been using XMLRPC for various distributed tasks
> for a while.  
> Nothing esoteric. Mostly sending XML back and forth
> between machines.  
> Have had zero problems. This is 24/7 software that
> never needs reboot  
> (other than when updating software).  Since all 
> interfaces are under  
> my control, SOAP is really overkill.
> 
> On Aug 25, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
> 
> > Mayer, Daniel S wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I am scared to ask but after going through the
> bug tracking for  
> >> this project
> >>
> > > (http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XMLRPC),
> there seems to be  
> > many unresolved
> > > bugs, some of which have solutions or patches on
> the web, but  
> > don't seem to be
> > > resolved on the tracking system. So is the
> development of this  
> > project still
> > > active? Is it safe to rely on XML RPC for
> software that should  
> > run 24/7 with
> > > a reboot about once every 2 weeks? Has everyone
> doing this sort  
> > of thing moved
> > > to soap and JAX-rpc? The amount of open bug
> fixes has just made  
> > me a little
> > > nervous, and I haven't been following xml-rpc
> very long. The user  
> > list still
> > > seems to be very active, but is the development?
> >
> > The project has added three developers recently
> and finally  
> > published version 2. So, yes, the project is
> alive, and possibly  
> > more so, than it has been in the last two years.
> >
> > As for the bug list: Most of these bugs are indeed
> very old - and  
> > that's exactly why they aren't being handled. In
> fact, when I went  
> > through the bug list the last time, then I found
> that almost all  
> > bug reports are against 1.2, which is no longer
> actively supported,  
> > at least not by me and most other developers.
> >
> > As for the 24/7 thing: This is an open source
> project. If you like  
> > it, try it. If it is sufficient for you to know,
> that others use it  
> > that way: Try it. If you do believe in your own
> abilities to handle  
> > problems: Try it. If none of the above, then you
> will possibly do  
> > better with something different.
> >
> > As for the SOAP and JAX-RPC question: I do not
> understand what you  
> > are asking here.
> >
> >
> > Sorry,
> >
> > Jochen
> >
> 
> 



                
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