How do I begin learning more about MSMQ

[MQseries]

I wanted to take some tutorials on MSMQ.
I mean i wanted to get started and get to know as much as i can about it.
how do i go about it.

rajesh

 

[smeridew]

Go to IBM's Web site, and read everything there is on MQSeries. Then you'll realize that your request is not so urgent. MSMQ is a waste of time. It is becoming part of COM+ with the introduction of Queued Components, but in my opinion, as an MCSE and MQSeries Specialist, if you're in need on a solid MQ infrastructure go with MQSeries. Microsoft still has a ways to go to make MSMQ as good as MQSeries. Also, if you're needing to integrate win32 with any other platforms (AIX, OS/390, HP-UX, Solaris, AS/400...) then forget about MSMQ. Yes, there's a MSMQ-MQSeries bridge built into Host Integration server 2000, but why bridge when MQSeries runs better on NT that MSMQ does?

Cheers,

Scott Meridew
MQ SQuared Inc.

http://www.mqsquared.com

 

[Guest_imported]

There are a variety of books on MSMQ (MSMQ from Scratch, ...etc.) and of course, you can visit Microsoft's websites for more (

http://wwww.microsoft.com/msmq,

TechNet, MSDN and Knowledge Base).

The reasons you'll wish to know more are obvious: cost is much less than some competing messaging products; it is easily administered and programmed; performance--one benchmark last year found MSMQ to be 10x faster on NT than a well-known competitor.

 

[pmeekin]

"...one benchmark last year found MSMQ to be 10x faster on NT than a well-known competitor."

Yes and check this link to find out why!

http://www.ibm.com/software/ts/mqseries/txppacs/mp75.html

Briefly, if you do the tests again using *persistent* messages the results are somewhat different. If you do the tests again using queues that already have a large number of messages on them the results become humiliating!

Usual disclaimers apply.

Cheers,
Paul