A better metric would be total msgs/sec that are being processed. On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Gary Tully wrote: >> Though number of connections in no way reflects the cpu usage of a >> broker; >> > what are you thinking here? I am thinking that typically there will be > a direct correlation between cpu usage and number of connections. In > particular a broker with no connections will use very little cpu, add > a steady producer via a connection and things start to happen, another > connection a consumer or producer and more utilisation will occur etc. > Agreed a plugable strategy is best but on the 80/20 rule I am thinking > raw number of connections is a reasonable metric. Consumers and > producers may already be partitioned by the application. Am I missing > something here? > -- Regards, Hiram Blog: http://hiramchirino.com Open Source SOA http://open.iona.com