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Money quote in my humble opinion: > In practice, a message broker is a service that transforms network errors and machine failures into filled disks.
by asmosoinio 9y ago
Money quote in my humble opinion:
> In practice, a message broker is a service that transforms network errors and machine failures into filled disks.
- Terr_ 9y agoOf course, the alternative before that may have been "any network error or machine error brings everything down". When it's asychronous, it's easier to tolerate random errors or downtime, but the cost is that you have to store the message somewhere...