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When do I need Multicast, HADB, in-memory-replication on a cluster?

From: <glassfish_at_javadesktop.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:02:22 PDT

Hi,

for a project we want to use the clustering capability of Glassfish V2.1.
There are some questions which arose, maybe someone can answer them or point me in the right direction.

1. The project does not have any HTTP sessions or SFSBs. So I guess I do not need the state replication via HADB or in-memory-replication? All I want is that the SLSBs and MDBs are highly available in the cluster, i.e. if one server fails then the beans from the other server are taking over.
2. I do not want JMS messages to get lost. I guess the broker can store the messages also in another data base. Or is HADB recommended for this?
3. Regarding multicasting: is this only used for the session replication feature? Or do I require multicast to be enabled in any case? For cluster discovery and the like?

Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions.
Cheers
Chris.
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