Chapter 12. Deployment Topologies

JungleSea Inc. has now successfully built the Sales Fulfillment Application using WID, WPS, and WESB. We walked you through the various stages and steps in building the application, and along the path, we explored and used the various capabilities from WID. In this chapter, we will cover some of the fundamental terminologies and concepts behind deployment topologies for WPS/WESB and the types of topologies available—common and advanced, considerations for scalability, failover, and load balancing using clustering. This chapter will cover:

• Deployment topology considerations and the guiding principles for selecting a right topology.

• The clustering and WebSphere Network Deployment fundamentals.

• Guidance on the various WPS and WESB topologies available for you to select for a production environment.

• How the various WPS and WESB components use the infrastructure.

• The "Gold Topology" briefly according to which the Sales Fulfillment Application's deployment topology...