Extending TIBCO SmartSockets

In addition to the product, there are several other products that work with SmartSockets to expand its capabilities:

RTgateway

The TIBCO SmartSockets RTgateway is designed to perform intelligent message switching between diverse message sources, such as RTserver clouds, databases, HTTP requests, or other messaging systems. You can connect several RTserver clouds, increasing the scalability of your SmartSockets system, or you can use it to segment which RTservers receive which messages based on subject or message type, perhaps for security or performance reasons.

For more information, see the TIBCO SmartSockets RTgateway User’s Guide.

TIBCO SmartSockets Cache

TIBCO SmartSockets Cache acts as a standalone RTclient that can be configured to cache messages by subject. On your SmartSockets system, it is often necessary to have newly joining clients retrieve messages that have already been sent. These new clients can retrieve the messages from the cache by sending a request message to Cache and specifying the subject they are interested in. Cache sends the clients copies of the last few messages that were sent with a particular subject. This allows the new clients to catch up on messages, based on subject, that are important to them.

For more information, see the TIBCO SmartSockets Cache User’s Guide.

TIBCO SmartSockets Rendezvous Adapter

The TIBCO SmartSockets Rendezvous Adapter is used with the TIBCO SmartSockets RTgateway to perform intelligent message switching between TIBCO SmartSockets and TIBCO Rendezvous.

For more information, see the TIBCO SmartSockets Rendezvous Adapter User’s Guide.

For more information on what these SmartSockets products can do for you, contact your TIBCO sales representative. Check the TIBCO website, http://www.tibco.com, for information on features and support.

Advanced Features

SmartSockets includes advanced features that must be ordered separately, and enabled in your SmartSockets license. For more information about these features, contact your TIBCO sales representative.

TIBCO SmartSockets Multicast

The TIBCO SmartSockets Multicast feature improves the features and performance of SmartSockets by implementing reliable multicast, taking advantage of its bandwidth optimization properties. SmartSockets Multicast is an efficient way of routing a message to multiple recipients. This feature enables messages to be multicast to RTclients. SmartSockets Multicast defines the protocol called PGM to route messages and uses RTgms to handle the message routing.

In the Version 6.2 release, SmartSockets Multicast was improved and enhanced, adding congestion control, bandwidth management, Single Source Mode, and SNMP support. For more information, see the TIBCO SmartSockets User’s Guide.

The standard SmartSockets license does not include these features. You must contact TIBCO Product Support to purchase any of these features and upgrade your license key.