[OpenSIPS-Devel] [MI] - flush support

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

2009/2/17 Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at voice-system.ro>:
> Hi,
>
> Last week I added in OpenSIPS 1.5 an extension to MI (Management
> Interface) that allow a module to flush partial MI replies to the
> transport layer.
>
> This extension wants to fix a bug/limitation from previous versions:
> trying to print a large amount of data from OpenSIPS to the outside.
>
> Ex: opensipsctl ul show  may fail if you have a large number of
> subscribers registered, because the private memory is not enough for
> building the list with all the subscriber, so this command may
> consistently fail
>
> There is the same for other commands like listing the dialogs.
>
>
> With the new extension, the reply data is transfered in chunks
> (periodically flushed) to the transport layer, so the available memory
> will not be a limitation.
>
> So, in OpenSIPS 1.5, the Management Interface has no limitation when
> comes in transfering large amounts of data (registered users, dialogs,
> etc). This allow the smooth size scaling of OpenSIPS without any penalties.

Great news :)

-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc at aliax.net>