Is multicast is right choice?

[Irfan Ahmed]

Hi,

I am creating an online trading system and I need to display currency
rates on my client machines over internet. can anybody tell me if the
multicasting is the right choice for sending data to thousands of
clients and please let me know if there is any other alternative? or
should i send the data point to point to individuals who login to my
system.

Anyhelp with C# code shall be a great help to me.

Thanks and Regards

[John Wood]

If you're going to have thousands of clients connected simultaneously, you
may really want to consider a pull rather than push approach. The clients
can poll every few seconds to retrieve the latest updates.

Although this depends on your requirements. How timely do the updates have
to be?

--
John Wood
EMail: first name, dot, second name at priorganize.com
"Irfan Ahmed" <so*****@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am creating an online trading system and I need to display currency
rates on my client machines over internet. can anybody tell me if the
multicasting is the right choice for sending data to thousands of
clients and please let me know if there is any other alternative? or
should i send the data point to point to individuals who login to my
system.

Anyhelp with C# code shall be a great help to me.

Thanks and Regards

[Irfan Ahmed]

there are 18 currencies and usually we need to it update it once in a
second, as other online currency trading systems are doing.

Irfan Ahmed

"John Wood" <sp**@isannoying.com> wrote in message news:<#A**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...

If you're going to have thousands of clients connected simultaneously, you
may really want to consider a pull rather than push approach. The clients
can poll every few seconds to retrieve the latest updates.

Although this depends on your requirements. How timely do the updates have
to be?

--
John Wood
EMail: first name, dot, second name at priorganize.com
"Irfan Ahmed" <so*****@hotpop.com> wrote in message
news:ba*************************@posting.google.co m...

Hi,

I am creating an online trading system and I need to display currency
rates on my client machines over internet. can anybody tell me if the
multicasting is the right choice for sending data to thousands of
clients and please let me know if there is any other alternative? or
should i send the data point to point to individuals who login to my
system.

Anyhelp with C# code shall be a great help to me.

Thanks and Regards

[Irfan Ahmed]

there are 18 currencies and usually we need to it update it once in a
second, as other online currency trading systems are doing.

Irfan Ahmed

"John Wood" <sp**@isannoying.com> wrote in message news:<#A**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...

If you're going to have thousands of clients connected simultaneously, you
may really want to consider a pull rather than push approach. The clients
can poll every few seconds to retrieve the latest updates.

Although this depends on your requirements. How timely do the updates have
to be?

--
John Wood
EMail: first name, dot, second name at priorganize.com
"Irfan Ahmed" <so*****@hotpop.com> wrote in message
news:ba*************************@posting.google.co m...

Hi,

I am creating an online trading system and I need to display currency
rates on my client machines over internet. can anybody tell me if the
multicasting is the right choice for sending data to thousands of
clients and please let me know if there is any other alternative? or
should i send the data point to point to individuals who login to my
system.

Anyhelp with C# code shall be a great help to me.

Thanks and Regards