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Status Planned for future release
Categories z/TPF
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 21, 2021

z/TPF Large MQ Message Support

1. Mainstream MQ from the IBM Hursley Lab supports up to 100 MByte Messages in both the server and client implementations.
2. The z/TPF version of MQ supports up to 4 MByte Messages.
3. Z/Systems Hardware Compression is not available on z/Systems Processors prior to z/15. The soon to be delivered compression of MQ Messages from the lab exploits the efficient and economical use of hardware compression.
a. This RFE acknowledges that the less efficient z/TPF software compression can be used in place of hardware compression
4. The size of MQ Messages in the z/TPF environment is seeing steady growth along with unexpected bursts of very large messages.
5. Given that the IBM z/TPF Lab is currently substantially enhancing z/TPF 's MQ this would be an optimum time to address very large message support.
6. This would bring z/TPF into alignment with mainstream IBM MQ
7. It is TVPT's understanding that the Architects of MQ and z/TPF, Mark Campbell, Mark Gambino, have discussed this and there are no insurmountable obstacles.

Idea priority Medium