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+# Generic Devices
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+With FairMQ several generic devices are provided:
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+- **FairMQBenchmarkSampler**: generates random data of configurable size and at configurable rate and sends it out on an output channel.
+- **FairMQSink**: receives messages on the input channel and simply discards them.
+- **FairMQMerger**: receives data from multiple input channels and forwards it to a single output channel.
+- **FairMQSplitter**: receives messages on a single input channels and round-robins them among multiple output channels (which can have different socket types).
+- **FairMQMultiplier**: receives data from a single input channel and multiplies (copies) it to two or more output channels.
+- **FairMQProxy**: connects input channel to output channel, where both can have different socket types and multiple peers.