Being a newbie in ActiveMQ, want to know the pros and cons of configuring multiple broker instances in a single ActiveMQ and configuring multiple ActiveMQ instance (installations) each containing one broker instance.
Simplifying the above, which one to use when, 1. Two ActiveMQ installation (i.e. 2 separate AMQ home) with each having one broker running 2. Single AMQ installation with 2 brokers running (configuring activemq.xml)
My application communicates with both the brokers, but does these two configurations have any difference as per failover scenarion or with respect to performance?