Advantages of Universal Messaging
Universal Messaging provides similar or better than the messaging capabilities that are available in Broker. Universal Messaging has the following advantages over Broker:
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Multiple UM servers per IS for webMethods Messaging (native publish-subscribe)
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Active/active clustering
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Enhanced Command Central support
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High-speed JMS messaging
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Large message volume handling
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Multicast delivery (enabling low latency)
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Concurrent connections scaling (above 100K)
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.NET, C++, and Java client support
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Mobile application support for Apple iOS, Android
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Web application support for HTML5 web sockets, JavaScript, and Java
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Unicast, Multicast, IPC, JMS, MQTT, and HTML5 AMQP protocol support
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Group-based server administration
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API support for merging multiple partial events and message replay
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Channel capacity management
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Message service quality reconfigurability
The following information graphic shows the workflow for migrating from Broker to Universal Messaging.