Device, system, and method of distributing messages

1. A data publisher for communicating with a plurality of subscriber devices via a network fabric, the data publisher comprising:

a memory allocator to allocate a memory area of a local memory unit of the data publisher to be accessible for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) read operations by one or more of the subscriber devices; and

a publisher application configured (a) to create a message log in said memory area, (b) to send messages to subscriber devices using a multicast transport protocol, and (c) to store in said memory area copies of said messages;

a message builder to insert, into a header each message that is sent to subscriber devices using the multicast transport protocol, information that allows a subscriber device to (A) autonomously calculate a virtual memory address in the message log of the publisher device, at which a copy of a missing message is stored, the missing message comprising a multicast message that was sent by the publisher device using the multicast transport protocol after a first message received by the subscriber device and before a second message received by the subscriber device; (B) autonomously perform one or more RDMA read operations to autonomously retrieve said missing message from said message log of the publisher device, without utilizing control messages and without obtaining a specific approval of the publisher device for performing the one or more RDMA read operations; (C) retrieve the missing message via RDMA in parallel to reception of further one or more multicast messages from the publisher device;

wherein the data publisher is implemented by utilizing at least a hardware component.

2. The data publisher of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the subscriber devices are authorized by the data publisher to read one or more messages stored in said memory area using one or more RDMA read operations independently of access to said memory area by other subscriber devices.

3. The data publisher of claim 1 , wherein the memory area comprises a cyclic buffer able to store copies of messages sent using the multicast transport protocol by the publisher application to the subscriber devices.

4. The data publisher of claim 1 , wherein the header comprises:

a value indicating a sequence number of said message;

a value indicating a size of said message; and

a value indicating a virtual memory address of a memory location of said memory area in which the copy of said message is stored.

5. The data publisher of claim 1 , wherein the header comprises:

a value indicating a sequence number of said message; and

a value indicating a virtual memory address of said memory area in which a copy of a message consecutive to said message is stored.

6. The data publisher of claim 1 , wherein the publisher application is to send said message using the multicast transport protocol through InfiniBand hardware.

7. The data publisher of claim 1 , wherein the publisher application is to send said message by one or more operations that bypass an Operating System (OS) of the data publisher.

8. The data publisher of claim 1 , wherein the memory area is registered to be accessible through RDMA read operations by a RDMA-capable hardware component of one or more of the subscriber devices.

9. A method of distributing messages from a data publisher to subscriber devices via a network fabric, the method comprising:

allocating a memory area of a local memory unit of the data publisher to be accessible for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) read operations by one or more of the subscriber devices; creating a message log in said memory area;

sending messages to subscriber devices using a multicast transport protocol;

storing in said memory area copies of said messages; wherein, prior to sending each message, the method comprises inserting, into a header each message that is sent to subscriber devices using the multicast transport protocol, information that allows a subscriber device to (A) autonomously calculate a virtual memory address in the message log of the publisher device, at which a copy of a missing message is stored, the missing message comprising a multicast message that was sent by the publisher device using the multicast transport protocol after a first message received by the subscriber device and before a second message received by the subscriber device; (B) autonomously perform one or more RDMA read operations to autonomously retrieve said missing message from said message log of the publisher device, without utilizing control messages and without obtaining a specific approval of the publisher device for performing the one or more RDMA read operations; (C) retrieve the missing message via RDMA in parallel to reception of further one or more multicast messages from the publisher device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein one or more of the subscriber devices are authorized by the data publisher to read one or more messages stored in said memory area using one or more RDMA read operations independently of access to said memory area by other subscriber devices.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein allocating the memory area comprises:

creating a cyclic buffer able to store copies of messages sent using the multicast transport protocol by the publisher application to the subscriber devices.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the header comprises:

a value indicating a sequence number of said message;

a value indicating a size of said message; and

a value indicating a virtual memory address of a memory location of said memory area in which the copy of said message is stored.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the header comprises:

a value indicating a sequence number of said message; and

a value indicating a virtual memory address of said memory area in which a copy of a message consecutive to said message is stored.

14. The method of claim 9 , comprising:

sending said message using the multicast transport protocol through InfiniBand hardware.

15. The method of claim 9 , comprising:

sending said message by one or more operations that bypass an Operating System (OS) of the data publisher.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the memory area is registered to be accessible through RDMA read operations by a RDMA-capable hardware component of one or more of the subscriber devices.