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  • 1.  MQ on-prem vs. MQ in CP4I

    Posted Mon June 20, 2022 07:39 PM
    Hello everyone,

    I'm a Cloud Engineer Intern in Client Engineering this summer and I was looking to learn more about the differences between MQ as a standalone product vs MQ offered in CP4I. Are there any differences between the two product offerings and if so, what are these differences? If anyone could point me to some resources or someone to contact, I'd really appreciate it! Thank you so much!

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    Anna Kim
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  • 2.  RE: MQ on-prem vs. MQ in CP4I

    Posted Tue June 21, 2022 06:07 AM
    Hi Anna,
    This is just my view based on what I've heard at different times as the answer has changed over time.
    I think the simple answer is no, MQ itself is not different in the standalone vs CP4I versions. 
    I believe in some cases, CP4I is just a licensing option. You can still download and use the same copy of MQ with either license.
    However the strategy is that its part of a package that runs on Red Hat OpenShift. That's where the big difference lies. OpenShift makes it easier to deploy and update MQ (once you've set up the deployment packages etc). It makes it slightly harder to see/connect to MQ within the container.

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    Sam Garforth
    Managing Director, EMEA
    Nastel Technologies
    Southampton
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  • 3.  RE: MQ on-prem vs. MQ in CP4I

    Posted Wed June 22, 2022 04:44 AM
    Btw, you mentioned that your interest is cloud. You probably know this but just in case, whilst CP4I does help with hybrid cloud, CP4I isn't required for cloud. You can run CP4I (and thus the MQ component of it) on premise (in an OpenShift container). You can run 'on-prem' MQ on cloud (in IaaS). The benefit of CP4I is that you can have a single configuration that you can run in either place and move it between the two.

    You asked for resources, so I will point you to my blog post - What is IBM Cloud Pak for Integration?

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    Sam Garforth
    Managing Director, EMEA
    Nastel Technologies
    Southampton
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  • 4.  RE: MQ on-prem vs. MQ in CP4I

    Posted Wed June 22, 2022 04:48 PM
    Thank you so much for the help and the resources! I really appreciate it.

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    Anna Kim
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