Definitions to set up a network using distributed queuing

To set up the network shown in Figure 3 using distributed queuing, you might have the following definitions:

Table 1. Definitions for distributed queuing
Description Number per queue manager Total number
A sender-channel definition for a channel on which to send messages to every other queue manager 3 12
A receiver-channel definition for a channel on which to receive messages from every other queue manager 3 12
A transmission-queue definition for a transmission queue to every other queue manager 3 12
A local-queue definition for each local queue 2  8
A remote-queue definition for each remote queue to which this queue manager wants to put messages 6 24

While you might reduce this number of definitions by, for example, using generic receiver-channel definitions, the maximum number of definitions could be as many as 17 on each queue manager, which is a total of 68 for this network.