ZeroMQ works very well in combination with Apache Zookeeper [1] for service discovery and coordination.
Zookeeper is often overlooked because of the general aura of bloat surrounding Hadoop. It's actually quite lean, and now has python bindings, courtesy of Cloudera.
Zookeeper is often overlooked because of the general aura of bloat surrounding Hadoop. It's actually quite lean, and now has python bindings, courtesy of Cloudera.
[1] http://hadoop.apache.org/zookeeper