Which JMS implementation do you use? [closed]

Answer 1

I've used JBossMQ, which comes with JBoss app server up to version 4, and which is solid but limited. JBoss Messaging was the replacement, comes with JBossAS 5, and is a huge improvement.

ActiveMQ I have a real dislike for. The developer(s) seem to have gone for performance and features to the detriment of stability, and it's phenomenally buggy. Given that it's the JMS fabric for Geronimo, I worry.

Answer 2

Sun's Open source OpenMQ (https://mq.dev.java.net/). You can get free and paid support for the same.

See this blog post about some comparison with ActiveMQ, etc -- http://alexismp.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/openmq-the-untold-story/.

I've heard that OpenMQ is more stable.

ActiveMQ is more flexible. as in, you can use it with more languages. There are probably more people on ActiveMQ's mailing list than OpenMQ.

Answer 3

I have used ActiveMQ in production for a couple of years but I was never happy about its stability (specially with it clustered-enabled). Never looked back after switching to OpenMQ. You might want to look into RabbitMQ or ZeroMQ.

Answer 4

IBM WebSphere MQ 5 and 6 Active MQ 5.2.0

Also Check out Micro QueueManager at http://codingjunky.com/page5/page4/page4.html It is small, easy to install and use for smaller projects.