There is a mysql storage engine that works as a persistent high throughput message queue. http://q4m.github.com/. It can deliver to 15k items/sec on a 4GB RAM, Intel X3220 @ 2.40GHz, with 7200 rpm disk. The performance of the queue is proportional to the disk, cpu and ram just as mysql.
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There is a mysql storage engine that works as a persistent high throughput message queue. http://q4m.github.com/. It can deliver to 15k items/sec on a 4GB RAM, Intel X3220 @ 2.40GHz, with 7200 rpm disk. The performance of the queue is proportional to the disk, cpu and ram just as mysql.