Clustering and Load Balancing the Portal Platform

You can achieve scalability either by increasing the Java instances in a single host, or by increasing them over several hosts. The portal is installed as an application on the AS Java. Therefore, the clustering is done in the AS Java layer. For more information, see AS Java Cluster Architecture .

You can use the load-balancing features of the AS Java to enhance performance of the portal cluster. In addition to the AS Java load-balancing features, you can implement a hardware or a software load-balancing solution.

You can ensure that the portal does not fail by ensuring high availability. For more information, see Switchover Software for High Availability .