Red Hat AMQ excels with lightweight configuration, operator-based automation, and seamless OpenShift compatibility. Stability and performance are bolstered by leveraging Apache Kafka and Active MQ. Users appreciate its reliability, scalability, and microservices organization. Its protocols support and cost-effectiveness are noted. Features like message persistence, fault tolerance, user security with vault, and straightforward management enhance its appeal. Users enjoy easy configuration, monitoring capabilities, and integration with OpenShift and other AMQs like Amazon and IBM.
- "The benefits of using Red Hat AMQ include easy configuration and monitoring; on the portal, I can monitor how many packets or alerts have been generated or sent to the end user via Red Hat AMQ along with messages or emails, and it also shows utilization in the tool."
- "I can organize the tool with microservices, which allows me to use it across different services. It is easy to learn."
- "Reliability is the main criterion for selecting this tool for one of the busiest airports in Mumbai."
Red Hat AMQ requires improvements in clustering multi-nodes, message ordering, and integration with Service Registry and Jira. Support libraries and the management portal need enhancement. Improving documentation and training is necessary. Better visualization capabilities and a more responsive update cycle would benefit users. Cost efficiency, user-friendly features, and advanced monitoring tools are important. Adoption of new versions is slow. Enhanced developer productivity tools and easier understanding of the licensing structure are also needed.
- "The product needs to improve its documentation and training."
- "The challenge is the multiple components it has. This brings a higher complexity compared to IBM MQ, which is a single complete unit."
- "AMQ could be better integrated with Jira and patch management tools."
