IFS10 Application Server Middleware Clustered or Not?

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(IFSv9 UPD16, Oracle 12, Windows Server)

Hi

We are currently putting a proposal together for an upgrade from IFS v9 to IFS v10.

Our current IFS v9 Middleware is clustered with 2 nodes. We have never had performance concerns, or any situations that required us to run with just one node. The only benefit we have seen has been where of the four running Managed Servers, 3 have stopped over time before we noticed by chance.

As those who have a clustered setup know, there is some additional maintenance when it comes to Patching IFS, Patching OS, and there are considerations to be made regarding Load balancer, Single sign on setup and general troubleshooting.

Our MW servers now and going forward are virtual and a part of an ESX farm, so DR and HA are not a concern in my opinion.

I am thinking of dropping the cluster setup when we move to IFSv10.

What are your thoughts/Experiences?

Any advice or experiences shared would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

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Hi @MikeArbon ,

If you are not worried about HA from an application level , i really don’t see any reason why you would want to keep a cluster. If you size the node correctly you should be just fine without all the overhead that clustering brings.

cheers

Sajith D · Answer

Hi @MikeArbon,If you are not worried about HA from an application level , i really don’t see any reason why you would want to keep a cluster. If you size the node correctly you should be just fine without all the overhead that clustering brings.cheers

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