Thanks all for your feedback on this .. Very helpful for a newcomer like me who's got project deadlines !
--- Tibor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, > > Your are right, mainly in the case as written: > > "Different brokers are used for different business > areas. Execution groups > within a broker handle work on behalf of different > business systems." > > We have more brokers on a box, too, because of > price... :-(. > > Tibor > > ---- > > > We have four brokers running across two machines > on AIX with mutual failover > > support via HACMP. There are a number of reasons > for doing this: > > > Each broker runs under a separate user account. > This enables us to control > > how much CPU resource is assigned to each broker > at the user ID level. > > > Different brokers are used for different business > areas. Execution groups > > within a broker handle work on behalf of different > business systems. > > > We can fail over at the broker level. Thus if one > machine gets too busy and > > the other is idle, we can fail a broker from one > machine to the other to > > re-distribute the load (to a certain extent). > > > All brokers can fail onto a single machine in the > event of a hardware > > problem to keep all flows running at reduced > capacity. > > > We can fail everything onto one machine so we can > perform maintenance (e.g. > > apply CSDs, fixpaks, operating system patches etc) > with minimal downtime > > (though at reduced capacity). > > > John Scott > > IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries > > Argos ARG Infrastructure Services > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tibor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 03 November 2004 12:25 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Brokers or Execution Groups > > > > The process 'DataFlowEngine' performs the task of > an execution group, > > that's why doesn't matter how many broker process > (bipbroker) managing > > them. > > I prefer a single broker to simplify the MQSI > administration. > > > Hope this helps, > > > Tibor > > > ---- > > >> Hi Everyone, > > >> On a single machine, Is it better to have 2 or > more > >> brokers or a single broker with many execution > groups? > > > >> Thanks, > >> Samuel > > > > > > > > >> > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW > >> Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more > fun! > >> http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > >> Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > >> the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > >> Archive: > http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive > > > Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > > the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > > Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive > > > > ************************************************************** > > > Check our latest prices and full range at > http://www.argos.co.uk > > > The information contained in this message or any > of its > > attachments may be privileged and/or confidential, > and is intended > > exclusively for the addressee. Unauthorised > disclosure, copying or > > distribution of the contents is strictly > prohibited. > > > The views expressed may not be official policy, > but the personal views of the originator. > > > If you have received this message in error, please > advise the > > sender by using the reply facility in your e-mail > software. > > > All messages sent and received by Argos Ltd are > monitored for > > viruses, high-risk file extensions, and > inappropriate content. > > > Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > > the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > > Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive > > Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive > ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive
