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<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<chapter id="about">
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<title>About HornetQ</title>
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<para>What is HornetQ?</para>
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<para>HornetQ is an open source project to build a multi-protocol, embeddable, very high
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performance, clustered, asynchronous messaging system.</para>
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<para>For answers to more questions about what HornetQ is and what it isn't please visit
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the <ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/HornetQGeneralFAQs">FAQs wiki
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page</ulink>.</para>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Why use HornetQ? Here are just a few of the reasons:</para>
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<para>100% open source software. HornetQ is licenced using the Apache Software License v2.0
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to minimise barriers to adoption.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>HornetQ is designed with usability in mind.</para>
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<para>Written in Java. Runs on any platform with a Java 6+ runtime, that's everything
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from Windows desktops to IBM mainframes.</para>
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<para>Amazing performance. Our class beating high performance journal provides persistent
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messaging performance at rates normally seen for non persistent messaging, our non
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persistent messaging performance rocks the boat too.</para>
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<para>Full feature set. All the features you'd expect in any serious messaging system,
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and others you won't find anywhere else.</para>
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<para>Elegant, clean-cut design with minimal third party dependencies. Run HornetQ
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stand-alone, run it in integrated in your favourite JEE application server, or run
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it embedded inside your own product. It's up to you.</para>
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<para>Seamless high availability. We provide a HA solution with automatic client
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failover so you can guarantee zero message loss or duplication in event of server
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failure.</para>
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<para>Hugely flexible clustering. Create clusters of servers that know how to load
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balance messages. Link geographically distributed clusters over unreliable
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connections to form a global network. Configure routing of messages in a highly
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flexible way.</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>For a full list of features, please see the <ulink
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url="http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/HornetQFeatures">features wiki
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page</ulink> .</para>
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</chapter>
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