Item: Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our Application was integrated with third-party app, to fetch updated data from third-party app without keeping users to wait, we used SQS to bring data out of sync from users call. As user's request is sent to SQS queue and data is updated in our system.

Pros and Cons

Dead letter queue for failed messages
Queue management
Message delivery to listener

More frequest polling will be expensive
No detailed monitoring of queues, just current data and regular monitoring is present
No way to fetch messages back from the queue

Return on Investment

Queue management by removing individual ActiveMQ Queue results in less management of individual servers
In a multi server system , sync between all servers is achieved with reduced Development efforts for handling sync
Direct impact on time taken to serve messages results in fast and optimised performance

Alternatives Considered

Redis

Simple and quick implementation makes it a first go to service when not familiar with queue management. Handling of Dead messages in queue is helpful, as over time these messages stack up causing lots of unnecessary processing at listener end. Retry mechanism for failed messages in systrem is a fine functionality as failed messages need to be handled for a fail safe system Delay implemeted to send message for polling makes it better to build a system which processes heavy data at listener end so to manage messages better before polling

Key Insights

Do you think Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Redis, AWS Auto Scaling, AWS CodeCommit

Likelihood to Recommend

SQS will be helpful for usage in terms of creating a Async flow to your system with though high usage but not high importance data sent to SQS.Whereas in cases where we need to manage messages and auditing of them sent to SQS , also to monitor performance of system integrated with SQS , in such cases SQS would not be a preferred option.Best thing about SQS is that it is quite easy to implement and manage which makes it quick and hassle free.

All Q's answered for SQS

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)