Dissecting the Disruptor: Why it’s so fast (part one) – Locks Are Bad Martin Fowler has written a really good article describing not only the Disruptor, but also how it fits into the architecture at LMAX. This gives some of the context that has been missing so far, but the most frequently asked question is still "What is the Disruptor?". I'm working up to answering that. I'm currently on question