Summary of Differences

For quick reference, Table 5 summarizes the most important differences between ordinary daemons and IPM.

Aspect

Ordinary Daemon

IPM

Daemon Location

Separate process.

Within application program.

Disabled Features

These features are not available:

•

Browser administration interface (with HTTP)

•

Secure daemon (with TLS)

Reliability

Default is 60 seconds.

Default is 5 seconds.

Experiment with disabling reliability (zero seconds).

See also Reliable Delivery & Latency.

Daemon Parameters

Set daemon parameters on the command line.

Set daemon parameters in one of four ways:

•

Default Values

•

Implicit Configuration File from Path

•

Explicit Configuration File

•

Explicit Configuration Parameters in Code

Library File

Select the appropriate library file at run-time by specifying the path:

• UNIX TIBCO_HOME/lib or TIBCO_HOME/lib/ipm

• Windows TIBCO_HOME\bin or TIBCO_HOME\bin\ipm

Service

Two daemons on the same host computer can use overlapping services (UDP ports); see Reusing Service Ports on page 47 in TIBCO Rendezvous Administration.

Advisories

These advisories are not available:

• RVD.*

• CLIENT.FASTPRODUCER

• CLIENT.SLOWCONSUMER