The Pinned Thread Difference

To illustrate the advantage of a pinned thread, we code a program that launches a bunch of threads to do a simple task and pin one of them to a processor. At the end you can see that the pinned thread is much ahead of the other threads. That’s because the other threads have to compete for the available processors while the pinned thread has a whole processor for itself. Without context switches and interruptions the pinned thread can perform its job much faster than the other ones. Continue reading →

Getting Started with CoralLog for Level Logging

In this article we present CoralLog, a powerful, ultra-low-latency and asynchronous logging library with a very intuitive and non-intrusive API. First we show you how you can use CoralLog for level logging, in other words, to log status messages from your application using the log levels available such as Debug, Trace, Error, etc. Then we show in a follow up article how you can use CoralLog for event sourcing, in other words, to write any kind of message (i.e. data) to a file without adding latency or variance to the critical thread doing the logging. Continue reading →

CoralFIX Parser Performance Numbers

In this article we present the performance numbers of CoralFIX when it comes to parsing messages. We measure the time it takes to generate a ByteBuffer from a FixMessage and the time it takes to generate a FixMessage from a ByteBuffer. For that we use three FIX messages: a simple one without repeating groups, one with a repeating group and lastly one with repeating groups inside repeating groups. Continue reading →

FIX clients and servers with CoralFIX and CoralReactor

CoralFIX is fully integrated with CoralReactor so you can code your own ultra-low-latency, ultra-low-variance (i.e. no GC overhead) FIX network clients and servers. In this article we introduce the FixApplicationClient and the FixApplicationServer that you can use to code a FIX connection that takes care of all the low-level FIX session details for you, like logon, heartbeats, sequence reset, etc. Continue reading →

Getting Started with CoralFIX

This article shows the basics of CoralFIX API when it comes to adding/retrieving values from FixMessages, creating new FIX tags and working with repeating groups. You can also get started quickly by using our SimpleFixApplicationServer and SimpleFixApplicationClient as described here. Continue reading →

Multiplexing with CoralQueue

In this article we analyze how CoralQueue implements a multiplexer to allow multiple producers to send messages to a single consumer. We then present the throughput numbers for different set of configurations with different set of cpu cores. Continue reading →

Multicasting with CoralQueue through a Splitter

In this article we show how to use CoralQueue to multicast/broadcast the same message to multiple consumers so each consumer receives and processes all messages. We also present throughput numbers for different configurations, each one using a different set of cpu cores. Continue reading →

CoralQueue Throughput Test Explained

In this article we will present the benchmark test used by CoralQueue that shows a throughput between 55 and 65 million messages per second without hyper-threading and between 85 and 95 million messages per second with hyper-threading. If you are interested in the CoralQueue Getting Started article, you can check it here first. Continue reading →