ORB breaks when going remote with large messages

> Hi all,
>
>
> I have an orbit2 client-server app that transfers large objects  
> (images) from server to client app. This works perfect when I run  
> both server and client on the same machine. When I go remote  
> (running the client on a different machine) some calls fail. I have  
> the feeling that it is message size related.
> Eg. transferring a grey image of 129600 bytes works OK, Sending the  
> same image in color (3x129600) doesn’t work.
> Is there a maximum size that orbit can transfer remotely?
> I have set the ORBInitialMsgLimit parameter to 1000000.

> Hi all,
>
>
> I have an orbit2 client-server app that transfers large objects  
> (images) from server to client app. This works perfect when I run  
> both server and client on the same machine. When I go remote  
> (running the client on a different machine) some calls fail. I have  
> the feeling that it is message size related.
> Eg. transferring a grey image of 129600 bytes works OK, Sending the  
> same image in color (3x129600) doesn't work.
> Is there a maximum size that orbit can transfer remotely?
> I have set the ORBInitialMsgLimit parameter to 1000000.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jules Colding [mailto:colding@...]
> Sent: woensdag 2 april 2008 9:13
> To: ywillems@...
> Cc: orbit-list@...
> Subject: Re: ORB breaks when going remote with large messages
>
>
> On 01/04/2008, at 17.27, Yves Willems wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I have an orbit2 client-server app that transfers large objects
>> (images) from server to client app. This works perfect when I run
>> both server and client on the same machine. When I go remote
>> (running the client on a different machine) some calls fail. I have
>> the feeling that it is message size related.
>> Eg. transferring a grey image of 129600 bytes works OK, Sending the
>> same image in color (3x129600) doesn't work.
>> Is there a maximum size that orbit can transfer remotely?
>> I have set the ORBInitialMsgLimit parameter to 1000000.
>
> You can use ORBit_get_giop_recv_limit() to retrieve the maximum
> allowed GIOP receive limit. Anything bigger than that must be
> transferred in chunks. Beware that the limit is the total GIOP message
> size. The actual data size is somewhat smaller.
>
> HTH,
>   jules
>
>
>

>
> > The example implementation that was included with the release note  
> > uses a
> > raw octet sequence type. I suppose that any type can be used with this
> > mechanism and that the programmer is responsible for flow control when
> > getting the various chuncks, both on server side as on client side.
> > Correct?
>
> Yes.
>
> The limit only impact the size of received GIOP data. This means that  
> the client must tell the server not to send more than a little less  
> than the GIOP receive limit. So the server must support this request  
> (usually by a method parameter defined in the IDL) and the client must  
> be clever enough to handle such streaming.

>
>
> > PS: the ORBNetID=ipaddr init parameter has no effect on my  
> > application. Is
> > that also not yet supported on the 2.12 version?
>
> No. You must use 2.14.10 or later.
>
> HTH,
>    jules
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jules Colding [mailto:colding@...]
> > Sent: woensdag 2 april 2008 9:13
> > To: ywillems@...
> > Cc: orbit-list@...
> > Subject: Re: ORB breaks when going remote with large messages
> >
> >
> > On 01/04/2008, at 17.27, Yves Willems wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >> I have an orbit2 client-server app that transfers large objects
> >> (images) from server to client app. This works perfect when I run
> >> both server and client on the same machine. When I go remote
> >> (running the client on a different machine) some calls fail. I have
> >> the feeling that it is message size related.
> >> Eg. transferring a grey image of 129600 bytes works OK, Sending the
> >> same image in color (3x129600) doesn't work.
> >> Is there a maximum size that orbit can transfer remotely?
> >> I have set the ORBInitialMsgLimit parameter to 1000000.
> >
> > You can use ORBit_get_giop_recv_limit() to retrieve the maximum
> > allowed GIOP receive limit. Anything bigger than that must be
> > transferred in chunks. Beware that the limit is the total GIOP message
> > size. The actual data size is somewhat smaller.
> >
> > HTH,
> >   jules
> >
> >
> >
>
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