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Post From: how many messages per second can be handled by SC?

[2018-05-13 20:31:02]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
The key differences between the Sierra Chart data feeds and IQ Feed are as follows:

-IQ feed uses text encoded messages which have to be parsed and interpreted. Sierra Chart messages are already binary encoded and can be used as is without any type of parsing or decoding. This makes a huge difference in processing reduction with the Sierra Chart data feeds.

-IQ feed messages require a lookup of the corresponding data object for the symbol using the symbol itself. Whereas the Sierra Chart messages just require an offset reference to the data object for the symbol. When tracking hundreds or tens of thousands of symbols this makes a big difference.

-The Sierra Chart messages are also much more compact and specific to the update type. There is a lot less overhead.

-Sierra Chart market data processing is also done on a separate background thread unlike IQ Feed.

So as you can see there is a drastic difference between the two. IQ Feed is in effect like a legacy data feed. The Sierra Chart data feeds by comparison are ultrahigh performance.
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2018-05-13 20:42:16