| # Preface |
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| What is Apache ActiveMQ Artemis? |
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| - Apache ActiveMQ Artemis is an open source project to build a multi-protocol, |
| embeddable, very high performance, clustered, asynchronous messaging |
| system. |
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| - Apache ActiveMQ Artemis is an example of Message Oriented Middleware (MoM). For a |
| description of MoMs and other messaging concepts please see the [Messaging Concepts](messaging-concepts.md). |
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| Why use Apache ActiveMQ Artemis? Here are just a few of the reasons: |
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| - 100% open source software. Apache ActiveMQ Artemis is licensed using the Apache |
| Software License v 2.0 to minimise barriers to adoption. |
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| - Apache ActiveMQ Artemis is designed with usability in mind. |
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| - Written in Java. Runs on any platform with a Java 8+ runtime, that's |
| everything from Windows desktops to IBM mainframes. |
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| - Amazing performance. Our ground-breaking high performance journal |
| provides persistent messaging performance at rates normally seen for |
| non-persistent messaging, our non-persistent messaging performance |
| rocks the boat too. |
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| - Full feature set. All the features you'd expect in any serious |
| messaging system, and others you won't find anywhere else. |
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| - Elegant, clean-cut design with minimal third party dependencies. Run |
| ActiveMQ Artemis stand-alone, run it in integrated in your favourite JEE |
| application server, or run it embedded inside your own product. It's |
| up to you. |
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| - Seamless high availability. We provide a HA solution with automatic |
| client failover so you can guarantee zero message loss or |
| duplication in event of server failure. |
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| - Hugely flexible clustering. Create clusters of servers that know how |
| to load balance messages. Link geographically distributed clusters |
| over unreliable connections to form a global network. Configure |
| routing of messages in a highly flexible way. |
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