[Info-vax] MQ (again) and Alpha to Integrity Migration Job opening.

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
> Jan-Erik Soderholm
> Sent: 13-Mar-15 5:33 AM
> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] MQ (again) and Alpha to Integrity Migration
> Job opening.
> 
> David Froble skrev den 2015-03-13 10:31:
> > Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> >> David Froble skrev den 2015-03-13 03:28:
> >>
> >>> As for MQseries, I'm not familiar with it.  What does it do?
> >>> Perhaps a replacement can be found or implemented.
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_WebSphere_MQ
> >>
> >>
> >
> > More homework!  Give me a break.
> >
> > Ok, I did it.  It's just a complex async messaging store and forward
> > system.  What's complex about it is that it operates over multiple
> > systems, and multiple types of systems.
> >
> > I've got a similar product, but it works only on a single system, for
> > messaging between processes.  Same concept.  Async messaging is a
> rather
> >  nice thing to have.
> >
> > Shame on IBM.  No API for DEC Basic!  Such would seem to be rather
> > trivial.
> 
> Another tool that was quite similar was DEC MessageQ (now BEQ
> MessageQ):
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13203_01/tuxedo/msgq/intro/i_chap1.htm
> 

Just a fyi, and not sure how the IBM MQ is licensed, but make sure you 
understand Oracle licensing for this prod as like the Oracle DB products, 
it is per core based and extremely expensive. 

Weblogic Enterprise Server list is $45,000/core with $9k annual support
(on all platforms)
http://tinyurl.com/weblogic-1 

Might be time to start looking at using some of the options Brett was
suggesting.

Regards,

Kerry Main
Back to the Future IT Inc.
 .. Learning from the past to plan the future

Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com