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I considered it, but it requires Apache ZooKeeper, which is yet another thing that needs to be configured and maintained. Not a fan of Java-based software eithe

• lindvall 12y ago
  > Not a fan of Java-based software either, to be honest. It makes me sad to see this is still something people say. I hope you reconsider this sentiment and investigate some of the really great Java-based software out there, especially Zookeeper and Kafka. It's worth checking out how Zookeeper and Kafka did in aphyr's testing: http://aphyr.com/posts/291-call-me-maybe-zookeeper http://aphyr.com/posts/291-call-me-maybe-zookeeper http://aphyr.com/posts/293-call-me-maybe-kafka http://aphyr.com/posts/293-call-me-maybe-kafka
  • lobster_johnson 12y ago
    Every Java-based backed service I have come across, be it ElasticSearch, LogStash, Hadoop or PuppetDB, have all been memory-hogging beasts. Part of this is due to the GC, which tends to use more heap space than the program actually needs. Java is fast, but I have yet to see anyone claim it's lightweight.
    • krakensden 12y ago
      The worst part is "let's statically preallocate* the heap size like it's 1975". *Note: never more than 31GB
  • lobster_johnson 12y ago
    Kafka seems to suffer from lack of partition tolerance, by the way, according to Aphyr. Not happy about the fact that it will just wipe a partition upon re-electing a new leader.
• slantedview 12y ago
  > Not a fan of Java-based software either, to be honest. Yet so many of the services you use run on it.
  • lobster_johnson 12y ago
    Not sure that's an argument for anything. A lot of businesses build on crappy software.