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[bca...@speedfactory.net]

I haven't included the ACE+TAO PRF as this is mainly a usage/architecture
type question as opposed to a bug. For the record though I am using
OCI's most recent release.

This is possible going to sound like a stupid question but I just
don't quite understand the best way to use the LoadManager.

In my current architecture I have a server residing on Machine A that
registers its servants with the Naming Service that has also been started
on Machine A. The clients living on Machines B through D then obtains a
reference Naming Service and obtain references to the servant
objects....This
is well understood.

In a future architecture we'd like to run several servers on several
machines
and have the Load Balanced based on the server with the lowest load.
Now the confusion. Presumable I will start the LoadManager binary on a
single machine....
Presumably there is no way to tell the LoadManager to use the
NamingService
as opposed to writing its output to an ior file....Please set me straight
if
I'm wrong.

One of the servers will create an object group...This presumable will be
the "master" server. This object can then be registered with the
NamingService
so that the other slave servers will be able to populate the object group
with

[Ossama Othman]

Hi,

On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 15:23 -0500, bca...@speedfactory.net wrote:
> In my current architecture I have a server residing on Machine A that
> registers its servants with the Naming Service that has also been started
> on Machine A. The clients living on Machines B through D then obtains a
> reference Naming Service and obtain references to the servant
> objects....This
> is well understood.
>
> In a future architecture we'd like to run several servers on several
> machines
> and have the Load Balanced based on the server with the lowest load.
> Now the confusion. Presumable I will start the LoadManager binary on a
> single machine....

At the moment, yes, since it is a centralized implementation.

> Presumably there is no way to tell the LoadManager to use the
> NamingService
> as opposed to writing its output to an ior file....Please set me straight
> if
> I'm wrong.

Correct, although it should be relatively straightforward to add this
capability, or at least script it. BTW, are you referring to the
LoadManager's object reference or object group references? I assume
that you mean LoadManager object reference.

> One of the servers will create an object group...This presumable will be
> the "master" server.

Sort of. The LoadManager doesn't have a concept of master/slave
servers. All servers in a group are treated the same, in terms of
membership.

> This object can then be registered with the
> NamingService
> so that the other slave servers will be able to populate the object group
> with

Right.

-Ossama

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Ossama Othman <oss...@dre.vanderbilt.edu>