[rabbitmq-discuss] mirrored queue cluster

[Tim Watson]

On 4 Oct 2013, at 15:25, "PATAR, SAGAR" <sp345s at att.com> wrote:

> Adding more slaves to the cluster will increase the capacity the cluster handles.. Is the statement correct??
> 

No, adding slaves creates redundancy but doesn't increase capacity. If anything, it will decrease capacity (in terms of being able to mod data through the cluster) due to the added overhead. Mirroring is a fault tolerance feature, not a load/capacity increasing one.

Hth.

Tim