8.7.3 Distributing the requests using the redirector

In the redirector, you can define the mapping for distributing the processes to multiple Web containers. This helps in balancing and reducing the load on individual Web containers and thereby enhancing the performance. You can use this functionality only when integrating with a Web server. You cannot use this functionality for an in-process HTTP server.

When a redirector is used for distributing the requests, the redirector will distribute the requests according to the session information and therefore, it is not necessary to distribute the requests according to the session of the Web application. This is because, when a session is generated in a Web application on a particular Web container, the redirector is used to check the session information contained in the request from the client and it is distributed to the Web container in which the session was generated for the request from the client.

For details about the distribution of requests using Web server (redirector), see 4.2 Distribution of requests using Web server (redirector) in the uCosminexus Application Server Web Container Functionality Guide.