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POFastest reliable way for Clojure (Java) and Ruby apps to communicate
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copied!<p>We have cloud-hosted (RackSpace cloud) Ruby and Java apps that will interact as follows:</p> <ol> <li>Ruby app sends a request to Java app. Request consists of map structure containing strings, integers, other maps, and lists (analogous to JSON).</li> <li>Java app analyzes data and sends reply to Ruby App.</li> </ol> <p>We are interested in evaluating both messaging formats (JSON, <a href="http://code.google.com/p/thrift-protobuf-compare/wiki/Benchmarking" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Buffer Protocols</a>, <a href="http://code.google.com/p/thrift-protobuf-compare/wiki/Benchmarking" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Thrift</a>, etc.) as well as message transmission channels/techniques (sockets, message queues, RPC, REST, SOAP, etc.)</p> <p>Our criteria: </p> <ol> <li>Short round-trip time.</li> <li>Low round-trip-time standard deviation. (We understand that garbage collection pauses and network usage spikes can affect this value).</li> <li>High availability.</li> <li>Scalability (we may want to have multiple instances of Ruby and Java app exchanging point-to-point messages in the future).</li> <li>Ease of debugging and profiling.</li> <li>Good documentation and community support.</li> <li>Bonus points for Clojure support.</li> <li>Good dynamic language support.</li> </ol> <p><strong>What combination of message format and transmission method would you recommend? Why?</strong></p> <p>I've gathered here some materials we have already collected for review:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/thrift-protobuf-compare/wiki/Benchmarking" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Comparison of various java serialization options</a></li> <li><a href="http://stuartsierra.com/2008/07/10/thrift-vs-protocol-buffers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Comparison of Thrift and Protocol Buffers (old)</a></li> <li><a href="http://johnsofteng.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/google-protocol-buffers-and-other-data-interchange-formats/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Comparison of various data interchange formats</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69316/biggest-differences-of-thrift-vs-protocol-buffers">Comparison of Thrift and Protocol Buffers</a></li> <li><a href="http://steve.vinoski.net/blog/2008/07/13/protocol-buffers-leaky-rpc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fallacies of Protocol Buffers RPC features</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.openamq.org/doc:amqp-background" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Discussion of RPC in the context of AMQP (Message-Queueing)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.deakin.edu.au/scitech/sit/dsapp/archive/techreport/TR-C95-20.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Comparison of RPC and message-passing in distributed systems (pdf)</a></li> <li><a href="http://sbdevel.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/the-case-rpc-vs-messaging/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Criticism of RPC from perspective of message-passing fan</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.igvita.com/2010/02/16/data-serialization-rpc-with-avro-ruby/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Overview of Avro from Ruby programmer perspective</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.igvita.com/2007/11/30/ruby-web-services-with-facebooks-thrift/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Overview of Thrift from Ruby programmer perspective</a></li> <li><a href="http://jnb.ociweb.com/jnb/jnbJun2009.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Overview of Thrift from Java programmer perspective</a></li> <li><a href="http://msgpack.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/introduction-to-messagepack-rpc/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Introduction to MessagePack</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/blog/531-introducing-bert-and-bert-rpc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Introduction to BERT by dynamic language enthusiast</a></li> <li><a href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Message_Queue_Evaluation_Notes" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Message Queue Evaluation Notes</a></li> <li><a href="http://antoniogarrote.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/zeromq-and-clojure-a-brief-introduction/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ZeroMQ and Clojure</a></li> </ul>

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