F'RabbitMQ, connection hija TCP connection mal-broker, filwaqt li channel hija virtual connection ħafifa ġewwa connection. L-użu ta' channels b'mod korrett (minflok ħafna connections) huwa importanti għall-effiċjenza u hija best practice komuni.
Connections vs channels
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)
