Planning

When you plan your IBM® MQ Appliance solution, you must ensure that you understand the key differences between the IBM MQ Appliance and IBM MQ.

Planning any deployment of IBM MQ, and applications that communicate by using the messaging services that it provides, requires an understanding of both general messaging concepts and IBM MQ-specific terminology and environment considerations. For IBM MQ general information and information on planning, see IBM MQ Technical overview and Planning in the IBM MQ documentation

These topics describe additional planning considerations for an IBM MQ Appliance deployment, as opposed to an IBM MQ software installation.