Clusters

In a traditional WebSphere MQ network using distributed queuing, every queue manager is independent. If one queue manager needs to send messages to another queue manager it must have defined a transmission queue, a channel to the remote queue manager, and a remote queue definition for every queue to which it wants to send messages.

A cluster is a group of queue managers set up in such a way that the queue managers can communicate directly with one another over a single network, without the need for complex transmission queue, channel, and queue definitions.

For information about clusters, see WebSphere MQ Queue Manager Clusters.