Shashi Garje
2005-01-17 21:37:05 UTC
Our application receives 10 different types of messages on one queue each. Thus we have 10 queues (MQ as a Foreign JMS provider with MDBs in a WLS). We have MDBs processing each of these queues. The producer (mainframe) that sends messages to these queues operates in batch mode.
Option (1) Configure all MDBs in the same custom thread pool. If a blast of 500 messages arrives on one of the queues and all the threads start consuming messages, what happens to new messages that arrive on other queues ? Do they have to wait until these 500 messages are processed ? I would like someone from the BEA JMS implementation team to comment on this.
Option (2) Configure smaller custom thread pools - one for each queue. Solves the problem above. Let us say we allocate 2 threads per MDB in custom thread pools. This ensures that none of the queues starve, however, if there is a practical limit on the maximum number of threads that can be configured, then this option introduces an inefficiency. What if there are 200 messages in one queue and zero messages in all others ? We are allowing only two threads to process those 200 messages while the other threads just sit and watch.
Option (1) Configure all MDBs in the same custom thread pool. If a blast of 500 messages arrives on one of the queues and all the threads start consuming messages, what happens to new messages that arrive on other queues ? Do they have to wait until these 500 messages are processed ? I would like someone from the BEA JMS implementation team to comment on this.
Option (2) Configure smaller custom thread pools - one for each queue. Solves the problem above. Let us say we allocate 2 threads per MDB in custom thread pools. This ensures that none of the queues starve, however, if there is a practical limit on the maximum number of threads that can be configured, then this option introduces an inefficiency. What if there are 200 messages in one queue and zero messages in all others ? We are allowing only two threads to process those 200 messages while the other threads just sit and watch.