U RabbitMQ-u, konekcija je TCP konekcija na broker, dok je kanal laka virtualna konekcija unutar konekcije. Pravilna upotreba kanala (umjesto mnogih konekcija) je važna za učinkovitost i čest je najbolja praksa.
Konekcije vs kanali
CONNECTION → a TCP connection to the RabbitMQ broker:
→ relatively HEAVY (a real network connection, with overhead to establish/maintain)
CHANNEL → a lightweight, virtual connection MULTIPLEXED over a single TCP connection:
→ many channels share one connection → lightweight; most operations happen on channels
→ publishing, consuming, declaring queues → done via channels
→ one connection can have MANY channels (multiplexing reduces TCP overhead)
