Akka MapReduce configuration with ZeroMQ?

Question

I'm new to Akka and would like to build a small framework that allows multiple distributed patterns e.g. MapReduce, Publish-Subscribe, etc. I have seen that it is possible using ZeroMQ as the networking provider for Akka and I actually prefer it.

However, when I see some of the MapReduce examples they all rely on the netty.io framework for networking. In order to have a single networking provider ZeroMQ ... is there a simple way to replace the netty io networking with ZeroMQ in MapReduce example configurations such as this one application.conf?

Answer 1

A ømq-based Akka remote transport has not yet been written as far as I know, so the answer to the question as I understand it would be “no” (but I’m not entirely sure that I understand what you want to achieve).