RabbitMQ 10
Redis 5
Kafka 3Licensing
Open-Source vs. Commercial RabbitMQ: The Honest Decision Guide
Do you actually need a commercial RabbitMQ license? Here's the framework we use with real clients to make the right call — without overpaying.
Technical Q&A
Straight Answers Across RabbitMQ, Redis, Kafka & More
No fluff, no vendor pressure — just the honest answers to the questions enterprises ask most about running messaging, database, and infrastructure in production.
- Licensing
How RabbitMQ Licensing & Pricing Works: The Per-vCPU-Core Model Explained
Confused by RabbitMQ commercial licensing? This guide breaks down the per-core model, what's included, and how AceMQ pricing compares to Broadcom's minimums.
- Upgrades
Upgrading RabbitMQ 3.x to 4.x Without Downtime: Rolling vs. Blue-Green
RabbitMQ upgrades don't have to mean downtime. This guide explains rolling upgrade vs. blue-green deployment, version path constraints, and what teams consistently miss.
- Support
Choosing a RabbitMQ Support Model & SLA: What You Actually Need
Not all RabbitMQ support is the same. Here's how to choose the right coverage level and SLA — and what managed support should include beyond the ticket queue.
- Security
RabbitMQ CVEs, Patching & the '48-Hour Patch' Myth
No major software vendor can honestly commit to a 48-hour CVE patch SLA. Here's what's actually achievable — and what a responsible RabbitMQ security posture looks like.
- Architecture
RabbitMQ HA, Disaster Recovery & Cluster Sizing: A Practical Guide
How many nodes do you need? How does warm schema replication work? This guide covers cluster sizing, quorum queue HA design, and multi-site DR architecture.
- Kubernetes
Running RabbitMQ on Kubernetes & OpenShift: A Deployment Playbook
Kubernetes adds significant operational complexity to RabbitMQ — from quorum pod termination deadlocks to cluster upgrades that get stuck. Here's how to avoid them.
- Services
What a RabbitMQ Assessment or Health Check Actually Delivers
A RabbitMQ health check sounds like an upsell — until you've had one done. Here's what's included, what you walk away with, and the five things assessments almost always find.
- Partnership
AceMQ + Broadcom: How Our RabbitMQ Partnership Actually Works for You
AceMQ is the only global RabbitMQ MSP and Broadcom's 2025 Tanzu Partner of the Year. Here's what that means for licensing, escalation, and why sub-72-core orgs can't go direct.
- Compliance
Beyond RabbitMQ: One Expert Partner for Your Messaging Stack & Regulated Industry Compliance
AceMQ supports Redis, Kafka, and adjacent technologies alongside RabbitMQ — and provides the compliance documentation regulated industries require.
- Memory
Why Does My Redis Memory Keep Growing Even Though Key Count Isn't?
Redis memory climbing toward maxmemory while key counts stay flat is almost always an index or module problem, not a data problem. Here's how to diagnose it, and the fix that actually works.
- Networking
Why Is My Redis Client Timing Out When the Server Looks Healthy?
Redis server metrics look fine, but your application keeps throwing timeout exceptions. This is almost always a client-side or network-layer problem — here's how to find it.
- Migration
Should I Migrate from Redis to Valkey?
Valkey promises Redis compatibility without the license change — here's how to actually validate that promise for your workload before migrating.
- Licensing
How Do I Size a Redis Enterprise License?
Redis Enterprise licensing is driven by environment count and dataset size, not user seats — here's how to prepare an accurate sizing request.
- Architecture
Should I Run Redis on VMware, and What Anti-Affinity Rules Do I Need?
Redis on VMware is a legitimate deployment pattern, but anti-affinity, shared storage, and kernel memory settings need explicit configuration.
- Performance
What Actually Causes a Kafka Producer Timeout, and How Do I Fix It?
Kafka producer timeouts are rarely about the producer itself — in a real production case, the cause was excessive connections on the controller leader node.
- Architecture
Is Kafka 4.0 (KRaft, No ZooKeeper) Production-Ready?
Kafka 4.0 removes ZooKeeper entirely in favor of KRaft consensus — but production readiness depends heavily on your specific usage pattern, especially with transactions.
- Support
Can I Get Commercial Support for Vanilla Open-Source Apache Kafka?
You don't need Confluent or a managed cloud service to get enterprise-grade Kafka support. Here's what commercial support for open-source Kafka actually looks like.
Across the stack
6 answers- Upgrades
What Breaks When You Upgrade Elasticsearch Across Multiple Major Versions?
A multi-version Elasticsearch upgrade left stalled for 18 months isn't unusual — it's a common failure pattern when intermediate version requirements and operational overhead aren't planned for up front.
- Security
Is the Bitnami Image I'm Running Actually Secure?
Bitnami images are widely used but not vendor-supported. Here's what breaks when a Bitnami-based product hits enterprise security review — and what the vendor-backed alternatives actually deliver.
- Licensing
How Does VMware Licensing Work in an Air-Gapped Environment?
No internet connectivity changes how VMware Cloud Foundation licensing activates. Here's how disconnected-mode and single-activation licensing actually work for air-gapped and defense environments.
- Security
My Spring Boot Version Is EOL — What Are My Options for CVE Patches?
An EOL Spring Boot version doesn't stop working — it stops receiving security patches. Here's what commercial Spring support actually delivers, including day-zero CVE access.
- Migration
How Do I Migrate 100+ Oracle Databases to PostgreSQL?
Migrating a large Oracle estate to PostgreSQL isn't one project — it's a triage exercise across green, yellow, and red complexity tiers.
- Strategy
Should I Consolidate Vendors for Messaging, Database, and Streaming Support?
Running separate support contracts for RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and Kafka creates real coordination overhead. Here's how two real organizations actually evaluated it.
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