[Quickfix-developers] QuickFix performance

[Chang L. <cl...@gl...>]

Hi there,

This is my first post to this list. I am new to FIX so I would =
appreciate if somebody help me out with my questions.

I came across QuickFix recently and I am quite interested in testing it =
out. I have compiled QuickFix and run some tests to make sure libraries =
are built correctly. From the documentation it looks like QuickFix can =
do a lof of things. However, I still have yet to find out:
  1.. Can I use QuickFix to connect to an outside commercial server =
(i.e. non QuickFix ) that accepts FIX message (suppose version match?
  2.. From MessageCracker & FIX4{012}_MessageCracker classes, looks like =
it is up to the application to implement each individual onMessage() =
function to parse appropriate types of messages. Is that correct?
  3.. What's the performance of QuickFix? i.e. by a rough estimate, how =
many messages (either sustained or burst rate) can this engine handle =
per second?
Thanks in advance and look forward to your replies.

Best regards,

--Chang Lin