[Javagroups-development] Re: JGroups versus JMS

[Bela B. <be...@jb...>]

The main diff is that JMS does not need to be reliable. Note that JBoss 
Messaging will provide a JMS interface to
JGroups, so JGroups is IMO lower in the stack than JMS.


Jan Verheul wrote:
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> Hello Bela,
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> I am a developer from Holland. Currently I am considering using 
> JGroups for
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> an extensive project I am working on. I have read the documentation on
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> JGroups on the web and I am impressed by what JGroups has to offer. I 
> have
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> one question however. I wonder how JGroups relates to JMS. It seems to me
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> that with JMS, topics, and durable subscriptions, you can do about the 
> same
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> as what you can do with JGroups. Or am I wrong?
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> What it the specific benefit of using JGroups over JMS? Can you please
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> comment on differences and similarities between JGroups and JMS?
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> Thanks a lot in advance,
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> Dr. J.C. Verheul, Ede, Holland.
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Bela Ban
Lead JGroups / JBossCache
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