Apache ActiveMQ ™ -- MasterSlave

Features > Clustering > MasterSlave

Introduction to Master / Slave

The following are the different kinds of Master/Slave configurations available:

Master Slave Type

Requirements

Pros

Cons

Shared File System Master Slave

A shared file system such as a SAN

Run as many slaves as required. Automatic recovery of old masters

Requires shared file system

JDBC Master Slave

A Shared database

Run as many slaves as required. Automatic recovery of old masters

Requires a shared database. Also relatively slow as it cannot use the high performance journal

Replicated LevelDB Store

ZooKeeper Server

Run as many slaves as required. Automatic recovery of old masters. Very fast.

Requires a ZooKeeper server.

If you are using a shared network file system such as a SAN we recommend a Shared File System Master Slave. If you are happy to dispense with the high performance journal and are using pure JDBC as your persistence engine then you should use JDBC Master Slave instead. For those willing to try out new tech, the Replicated LevelDB Store gives speeds similar to a SAN solution without the hassle of having to setup a highly available shared file system.