Special considerations for clustered environments

There are special considerations for Sterling B2B Integrator cluster installations.

Non-Clusterable Adapters in a Clustered Installation
In a cluster, the connection of adapters to external resources makes some of those adapters deployable only to a certain node in a cluster. Adapters that can be deployed to all cluster nodes can share the load across all cluster nodes, facilitating scalability and load balancing.
Service Groups in Clustered Installations
Load balancing and failover in a cluster can be helped by service groups, which are groups of services or adapters of the same type that can act as peers and share the load.
Web Server Considerations in a Clustered Installation
If the HTTP Server adapter (which is used beneath several other adapter types) is being used in a clustered application server environment, software or hardware load balancing is required, even if the web server is not in a cluster.
Using a Perimeter Server in a Clustered Installation
In a clustered environment, each node must be configured with one or more perimeter servers, which is communication management software installed in a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
Sticky Sessions
You can configure sticky session support if you are accessing Sterling B2B Integrator through a load-balanced solution.

Parent topic: Clustered Installations