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Most of the distributed systems we deal with at RTI have performance constraints at their core. Either the system is pushing the limits of the available resources, or the action-reaction timing is critical for a given event. In other words the constraint might be on throughput or latency (or increasingly latency vs. throughput). In these [...]

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Today’s distributed systems are capable of producing a large amount of information, both on the status of their own and external components. The challenge is not the lack of information but finding what is needed when it is needed.

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If you’re an old hand at messaging, but new to data distribution, the phrase “data-centric design” may sound like just a new way of describing the same old architectures. But data-centric and message-centric thinking differ in subtle-yet-important ways. Understanding those differences will help you pick the right tool for each job.

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