Message Queues

A message queue automatically balances loads across all consumers for a given stream. Best practice is to use multiple consumers.

Each stream has a receiver queue that determines how many messages the consumer will attempt to fetch at a time. A consumer with a receiver queue of 1000 (default) attempts to process 1,000 messages from the stream's backlog upon connection. Setting the receiver queue to zero verifies that each consumer only processes one message at a time. Refer to the Set Message Queue topic for more details.

When you restrict the receiver queue size, you limit the potential throughput of those consumers. Decide if you prefer greater performance or greater control.