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Top Cluster Considerations

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:00:00 EDT

One of the greatest strengths of Java Platform 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application servers is the ability to scale solutions to meet increased performance and availability demands. The inherent clustering and failover capabilities built into products such as the IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Edition take care of most of the dirty work; however, there are important application considerations that can't be overlooked. If an application isn't designed for cluster awareness, functional or performance issues can surface when deploying your application to a cluster.

Tips for WebSphere v5 Network Deployment Administrators

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:00:00 EDT

The WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment version 5.0 (WAS ND) provides an infrastructure for you to centrally administer multiple WAS servers, resources, and other elements of your topology. Your managed topology can include support for clustered servers with workload management and failover. WAS ND's support for centrally administering topologies provides significant benefits for both large-scale and small-scale topologies.

WebSphere 5.0: What's New on the Performance Front

Wed, 08 Jan 2003 00:00:00 EST

IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) version 5.0 continues the tradition of improved performance from release to release. These improvements come from several key areas, which include:

WebSphere Performance Diagnostics - Going Beyond the Metrics

Fri, 13 Dec 2002 00:00:00 EST

J2EE has arrived, and is gaining strength and popularity every day. J2EE does an excellent job of solving enterprise computing problems. It supports legacy applications and interfaces, multiple operating systems, distributed and clustered environments and high-volume mission-critical applications with support for security and managed operations.

Performance Analysis for Java Web Sites

Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:00:00 EST

A good stress test uncovers any problem areas before deploying the web site to production. The time and expense of performance tests pays off in the gains realized in customer satisfaction and overall site reliability. So far, we've discussed building good performance tests for your web site. Now let's cover building a realistic environment in which to run these tests.