can cached remote interface load balancing?

[weiqingh]

if i cache the remote interface, and invoke a SLSB business method, it always goes to the same server.

is this behavior defined by ejb standard, or is there any way in jboss to load balance it? i tried all 3 policies in the paid doc and couldn't find the one that works.

thanks.

[weiqingh]

sorry i made a mistake in my original post.

if i cache the remote interface, i can get load balancing via the RoundRobin bean policy.

if i cache the home and create a remote each time, i can get load balancing via the FirstAvailable bean policy. RoundRobin won't give me load balancing.

my question actually is: is there a policy that would work for both cases? it seems odd to have to change the bean policy to accomodate client caching strategy. (btw, i am using jboss3.2.1)

many thanks.

[darranl]

Which policies are you setting, the home load balance policy or the bean load balance policy?

[weiqingh]

the bean load balancing policy. the home is always cached in both cases.

[darranl]

In that case I think that it is the home load balance policy that you need to be setting to RoundRobin.

The object that you have cached is only a proxy object, the home load balance policy specifies which server should be used to call create when you request access to a bean.

[weiqingh]

thanx for the help.

yes, my home load balance policy was also set to to roundrobin.

like i said, if i cache home and create remote every time, having home and bean load balance policy both set to roundrobin, would not give me load balance at all. i need to set bean policy to firstavailable, regardless of what home policy is.

[slaboure]

the behaviour is different and more consistent in 3.2.x than in 3.0.x, you may want to try it. Cheers,


sacha

[weiqingh]

forgot to mention that i am using 3.2.1. thanx Sacha.