Check out the OpenAMQ project for a secure, scaleable messaging engine and protocol. It may be overkill for what you want (maybe not), but should look good on the resume. http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=41008 http://www.openamq.org/ On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, D Steward wrote: > I prefer the communication to be secure, low latency, scalable and > two-way ie. either server can initiate communication with the other. As > the number of users increase, I will need to add more quad-core servers. > What would be the easiest/quickest-to-implement way to do this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim at rossberry.com http://www.rossberry.com "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." Thomas Paine