Edge Documentation

Overview

AppBoard is implemented using a highly scalable web application architecture. As a Java application running inside an Apache Tomcat server, AppBoard is able to make use of multi-core and multi-processor systems with large amounts of RAM on 64-bit operating systems. In addition to scaling vertically on a single system, AppBoard supports horizontal scaling to handle even greater loads and/or to provide for high availability environments through the use of a shared configuration database. AppBoard can be used in the following configurations:

1. Load Balanced: Two or more nodes are fully operational at all times. The load balancer directs traffic to nodes based on standard load balancing techniques such as round-robin, fewest sessions, smallest load, etc... If a server is detected as down it is removed from the active pool.
2. Failover: A two-node configuration with both nodes running but all traffic is routed to the primary node unless it is detected to be down. At this point the load balancer re-directs traffic to the secondary node.
3. Cold Standby: A two-node configuration where the secondary node is offline in normal operation. If the primary node is detected to be down the secondary node is brought online and traffic re-directed.