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NEURAL_66704
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Mar 01, 2010

f5 across Windows running Tomcat

Hello,     We are trying to understand the details and IF load balancing across   many Windows 2008 R2 servers running our Application Layer (Tomcat/JBoss and JRE/JDK)   is a usa...
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NEURAL_66704
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Mar 01, 2010
Aaron, - Great Avatar!..

 

 

yes, we do have a question / seek advice or experiance:

 

 

Because we are not sure how the scaling points may effect our application we will perform a Proof of Concept and attempt to stress-test it this month.

 

 

The targeted hosting company offers f5 load balancing as a part of there service.

 

 

So i guess the questions are

 

 

1) Is there any known issues with Load balancing based on our solution? - JBoss/Tomcat/JRE-JDK.

 

2) At which point would anyone suggest we would see the biggest benefit ?

 

3) What is a Key Performance indicator we should watch ?

 

 

Thanks