RocketMQ Concepts
Topic
A topic is a category of messages. It is the basic unit for creating and retrieving messages.
Queue
A topic consists of multiple queues. A larger number of queues indicates higher retrieval concurrency.
Producer
A producer sends messages to the server.
Consumer
A consumer obtains messages from the server.
Consumer Group
A consumer group contains consumers that have similar retrieval behavior.
Broker
Brokers are a cluster of ECSs that process services. A broker consists of one master and two slaves.
NameServer
A lightweight registry that stores metadata. Before producing or consuming messages, producers and consumers must obtain metadata from a NameServer.
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