Queue manager sizes - AWS
Learn about the characteristics of IBM® MQ queue managers available to deploy on AWS.
Queue manager sizes
IBM MQ as a Service offers the following queue manager sizes:
- Extra Small: Appropriate for very light or occasional workloads with modest throughput requirements.
- Small: Appropriate for light workloads such as supporting an individual department or application.
- Medium: Appropriate for shared use by a number of light to moderate workload applications.
- Large: Appropriate for heavy throughput scenarios where transaction performance is critical.
Queue manager resources
The following table provides information about the resources available to each queue manager size.
| Extra Small | Small | Medium | Large | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPC | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Memory (RAM GB) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Disk Size (GB) | 20 | 20 | 40 | 40 |