System i (iSeries, AS/400) Message Queuing Options

Question

I'm trying to find options for MQ on the iSeries besides WebSphere MQ. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it possible? Could I run a pure java MQ server like OpenMQ?

Answer 1

I don't see any reason why not, though I haven't personally tried. However, I would strongly recommend going with a software package that supports AMQP. I believe it's planned for OpenMQ, but isn't actually implemented yet. Apache Qpid is probably something you should look at. It's almost as good as RabbitMQ, but written in Java and JMS compliant.