[Geoserver-users] GeoServer in a distributed environment?

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Hi all,

I’m NEW to GeoServer.I was wondering whether there is a possible way to deploy GeoServer as a WMS Server in a distributed environment (distributed server, replica server, etc.) to enhance scalability and robustness. Unfortunately I did not find any more useful information from Google orthe documentation. Maybe I did it in a wrong way. It would be great if any of you could give me some help and advice. Thank you.

Cheers,
Jovi

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JOvi wrote:

Hi all,

I'm NEW to GeoServer.I was wondering whether there is a possible way to deploy GeoServer as a WMS Server in a distributed environment (distributed server, replica server, etc.) to enhance scalability and robustness. Unfortunately I did not find any more useful information from Google orthe documentation. Maybe I did it in a wrong way. It would be great if any of you could give me some help and advice. Thank you.

Look for the FOSS4G 2009 presentation "GeoServer in production", it might give you some indication on how to create a cluster of GS instances via load balancing

Cheers
Andrea

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On 11/02/10 19:26, Andrea Aime wrote:

Look for the FOSS4G 2009 presentation "GeoServer in production", it
might give you some indication on how to create a cluster of GS
instances via load balancing

Jovi,

here is the FOSS4G information for this presentation:
http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/#presentation_163

The slides are an OpenOffice Impress document:
http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2009/SPREP/3Fri/Parkside%20Auditorium/1300/fri%20paud%201400%20aime.odp

If you don't have OpenOffice, get it here:
http://www.openoffice.org/

Or you can just watch the video of the slides with presenter audio:
http://blip.tv/file/2796322/

Kind regards,

--
Ben Caradoc-Davies <Ben.Caradoc-Davies@anonymised.com>
Software Engineer, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering
Australian Resources Research Centre
26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington WA 6151, Australia

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Hi Ben,

Thank you very much for your help and all the information. :slight_smile:

Cheers
Jovi

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 5:05 AM, Ben Caradoc-Davies Ben.Caradoc-Davies@anonymised.com wrote:

On 11/02/10 19:26, Andrea Aime wrote:

Look for the FOSS4G 2009 presentation “GeoServer in production”, it
might give you some indication on how to create a cluster of GS
instances via load balancing

Jovi,

here is the FOSS4G information for this presentation:
http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/#presentation_163

The slides are an OpenOffice Impress document:
http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2009/SPREP/3Fri/Parkside%20Auditorium/1300/fri%20paud%201400%20aime.odp

If you don’t have OpenOffice, get it here:
http://www.openoffice.org/

Or you can just watch the video of the slides with presenter audio:
http://blip.tv/file/2796322/

Kind regards,

–
Ben Caradoc-Davies Ben.Caradoc-Davies@anonymised.com
Software Engineer, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering
Australian Resources Research Centre
26 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington WA 6151, Australia

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Hallo Andrea,

For the load balancing part, is it possible to configure GeoWebCache so that it acts like a SERIOUS load balancer? I know the main job of GWC is caching, and I did not find the term load balancing in the feature list. But it does look like a load balancer for me, to some extent.

Cheers,
Hongqi

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Andrea Aime <aaime@anonymised.com> wrote:

JOvi wrote:

Hi all,

I’m NEW to GeoServer.I was wondering whether there is a possible way to deploy GeoServer as a WMS Server in a distributed environment (distributed server, replica server, etc.) to enhance scalability and robustness. Unfortunately I did not find any more useful information from Google orthe documentation. Maybe I did it in a wrong way. It would be great if any of you could give me some help and advice. Thank you.

Look for the FOSS4G 2009 presentation “GeoServer in production”, it might give you some indication on how to create a cluster of GS instances via load balancing

Cheers
Andrea

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GWC can use multiple backends in a round robin fashion. But it does so with sheepish grin, so it may not be serious enough for your use case.

-Arne

JOvi wrote:

Hallo Andrea,

For the load balancing part, is it possible to configure GeoWebCache so that it acts like a SERIOUS load balancer? I know the main job of GWC is caching, and I did not find the term load balancing in the feature list. But it does look like a load balancer for me, to some extent.

Cheers,
Hongqi

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Andrea Aime <aaime@anonymised.com <mailto:aaime@anonymised.com>> wrote:

    JOvi wrote:

        Hi all,

        I'm NEW to GeoServer.I was wondering whether there is a
        possible way to deploy GeoServer as a WMS Server in a
        distributed environment (distributed server, replica server,
        etc.) to enhance scalability and robustness. Unfortunately I
        did not find any more useful information from Google orthe
        documentation. Maybe I did it in a wrong way. It would be
        great if any of you could give me some help and advice. Thank you.

    Look for the FOSS4G 2009 presentation "GeoServer in production",
    it might give you some indication on how to create a cluster of GS
    instances via load balancing

    Cheers
    Andrea

--
Arne Kepp
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
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