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 > > > > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs