3.7 Determining the load balancing method by the load-balancing cluster
This section describes the configuration used for load balancing by the load-balancing cluster.
Load balancing is implemented as explained below. The method that can be implemented depends on the type of access point component.
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Use a load balancer (in the case of servlet or JSP)
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Use a Naming Service (in the case of Session Bean or Entity Bean)
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Use CTM (for Stateless Session Bean)
There are two configurations in which the load balancer is used. One is a system configuration that uses Web server integration, and the other a system configuration that accesses the NIO HTTP server of the J2EE server directly without going through a Web server. Each of these configurations is described separately. For details about load balancing when the access point is a Message-driven Bean, see 3.8.4 Load balancing using the Message-driven Bean instance pool (when using TP1/Message Queue).