Re: Websockets on the IBMi

Additionally, you will be limited to the number of forked Apache
processes.

Careful there, aren't we talking about forked Apache threads handling socket I/O? Why not set that limit has high as the number of persistent connections you might want to support simultaneously?

While it is no guarantee, most servers that handle WS will not limit you like that ...

I've never seen any socket server that didn't have a limit on the number of concurrent connections, using some sort of configuration directive.

instead, connecting to some kind of queue,

An Apache thread can connect to a queue too.

I built a setup last week using ActiveMQ, JMS and Stomp over
websockets connecting to PHP over FastCGI.  You are able to
send data over WS whenever you like.

Sorry, I don't understand that. Are you saying that a server process initiates I/O with a Web Socket client? I don't think that's possible.

-Nathan.