Facts & Figures

Input Plugins

• as a sink application
• as a RMDS source service (cf. Reuters DCS)

• publish market data directly from MS Excel
• simultaneous publishing to RMDS possible

• direct publication from within client applications

• for use of feeds with high-performance requirements

Output Plugins

• via Reuters MLIP v1.x (serial line)
• via Reuters MLIP v2.x (TCP/IP)

• Multi Product Feed
• Records and legacy GPGX pages

• Real-Time Price Feed

• via Reuters RTIC
• via existing source service (SSL insert)
• as a standalone RMDS source service

• tracking of contribution data
• Sybase connectivity
• neartime

• import published market data into Excel
• snapshot and streaming modes

• as a data producer for tarics API users
• snapshot and streaming modes
• pub/sub or complete feed

• as high-performance data-feed

Formatter Plugins

• template-based page generation
• includes template editor

• transformation of instrument names
• rule-based, content-based

• transformation of instrument content
• rule-based
• chaining of basic operations

• filters out fields
• rule-based

• builds pages from chain contents
• integration of fixed content

• augment published records with static fields

• renames and copies fields

Queueing and Scheduling

• with and without conflation
• scheduling

Core Features

• separation of data processing on the basis of different criteria, e.g. instrument name

• Watchdog Mode
• Cold Standby
• Hot Standby

• C++
• Java

• Monitoring GUI
• browser interface

Operating Systems

• SPARC
• x86

Hardware Requirements

• depends on functionality used, number of instruments and throughput

• example for 10,000 instruments, avarage throughput, mapping, 2 vendors:
• HP ProLiant G7, Quad-Core-Prozessor 

• 4096 MB

• up to 300 MB + space for log files