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title: S4 0.6.0

This is the documentation for S4 0.6.0. For previous versions, please refer to the wiki

S4 (Simple Scalable Streaming System) is a general-purpose, distributed, scalable, fault-tolerant, pluggable platform that allows programmers to easily develop applications for processing continuous, unbounded streams of data.

Getting Started

• You may start with an overview of the platform
• Then follow a walkthrough for an hands-on introduction
• And here are some tips to ease the development process

Configuration

• How to customize the platform and pass configuration parameters
• How to add application dependencies
• How to dispatch events within an application and between applications

Features

• Details about fault tolerance

Troubleshooting

• Try the FAQ
• Try the mailing lists