How to implement a syndication receiver? (multi-client / single server)

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Published on 2011-01-18T02:48:41Z Indexed on 2011/01/18 2:53 UTC
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I have to come up with a system architecture.

A few hundred remote devices will be communicating over internet with a central server which will receive data and store it in a database.

I could

  • write my own TCP/IP based protocol
  • use SOAP
  • use AJAX
  • use RSS
  • anything else?

This is currently seen as one way (telemetry, as opposed to SCADA). Would it make a difference if we make it bi-directional. There are no plans to do so, but Murphy's law makes me wary of a uni-directional solution (on the data plane; I imagine that the control plane is bi-directional in all solutions (?)).

I hope that this is not too subjective. I would like a solution which is quick and easy to implement and for others to support and where the general "communications pipeline" from remote deceives to database server can be re-used as the core of future projects.

I have a strong background in telecomms protocols, in C/C++ and PHP.

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