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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Andrew J. Schofield, Eastleigh, GB;
Philip G. Willoughby, Eastleigh, GB;
Andrew J. Schofield, Eastleigh, GB;
Philip G. Willoughby, Eastleigh, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a messaging and queuing system that supports a cluster of logically associated messaging servers for controlling queues of messages, messages are processed. In response to an application program command to a first messaging server, a queue is opened, the queue having multiple instances on further messaging servers of the cluster. Responding to first messaging server putting messages on the queue, messages are distributed among the multiple instances of the queue on their respective messaging servers so as to balance. For the first message of an affinity set, access information for the particular queue instance to which it is put is obtained and stored. The access information may be used in order to send the further message to the particular queue instance and, if said further message is not part of the affinity set, it is put to an instance of the queue as determined by said predetermined rules.