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Re:SQL Maxis: Why We Ditched RabbitMQ and Replaced It with a... by avinassh on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:28PM (#35529189)
But this is purely in-memory with no disk persistence. That’s quite risky
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Re:SQL Maxis: Why We Ditched RabbitMQ and Replaced It with a... by michaelcampbell on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @04:36PM (#35531192)
Not to be coy, but it only is if it is. For this application I'd agree, but there are plenty of apps that want queues for in-memory use, and if the thing that holds the memory for the queue dies, chances are the whole ecosystem has.

Sometimes this is fine.

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