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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Kerry Main skrev den 2015-03-13 14:02:
>> -----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
>

But isn't that full "server" versions of these products?

In our case the full "WebSphere MQ" installation is on some
IBM AIX (I think) servers and our VMS apps "only" uses the
MQ client kit (which I think is/was free).

I'd guess that many sites have a similar environment where
the VMS system are not part of the "core" MQ installation.

I do not remember is DMQ had the same client kits, it was
a few years to many since then... :-)

Jan-Erik.



> Might be time to start looking at using some of the options Brett was
> suggesting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kerry Main
> Back to the Future IT Inc.
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>
> Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com
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