Cluster Installation
You can install SAP Mobile Platform in a cluster configuration, with an external database that coordinates settings for the server nodes. You can add proxy servers and a load balancer in the DMZ to distribute the workload. And you can set up high availability in your external database, so that there is no single point of failure in the system.
Figure 1:
High-Availability Production Cluster
Summary of high-availability production cluster architecture:
- The cluster consists of two or more SAP Mobile Platform Server nodes. If any one server node fails, the remaining server nodes take over and server support continues uninterrupted.
- An external database supports the SAP Mobile Platform Server nodes.
- Each SAP Mobile Platform Server node and the external database are installed on separate servers.
- With high availability set up in your external database, there is no single point of failure in the system.
- A high-availability load balancer and/or reverse proxy routes new incoming requests to the SAP Mobile Platform Server node with the least load; follow-up requests are routed to the same server for the rest of the user session.
For installation details, see Adding Cluster Nodes in Installation: SAP Mobile Platform Server for Windows or Installation: SAP Mobile Platform Server for Linux.