Is DCOM Cluster Aware??? 1

[miconico]

Hi There, i've built a DCOM application and need to put it onto a clustered server - Does anyone know if DCOM is cluster aware? I cant find any specific info on this so any info greatly appreciated!

Cheers

 

[BobRodes]

You might investigate MTS and COM+. MTS, COM and DCOM are sort of all pulled together into COM+. This paper might be of some use, in particular the parts on load balancing and cluster management.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/acs/evaluate/lb-cmpnt.mspx

Hope this is of some help.

Bob

 

[miconico]

Thanks Bob,

Thats a really good article and has given me some good leads to see if i can implement the com+ cluster load balancing techniques - hopefully should get this sorted soon.

Cheers Mark

 

[BobRodes]

Good luck. My feeling is that it isn't DCOM exactly that has to do with cluster awareness; DCOM is a spec for instantiating COM components from a server node other than one's own. MTS seems to be more likely to handle this, since it handles things like connection pooling and load balancing.

Bob