Component Load Balancing Without AppCenter Server

Some of you might be in need of a solution right now and can't wait for AppCenter Server to obtain a solution to your component load-balancing needs. I've developed my own system that you should consider for your load-balance–hungry applications.

Working with the SCM

The solution in this section mimics the COM+ load-balancing service. The goal is to have clients configured to send object creation requests to a single server, which delegates the requests to a cluster of servers. The first problem to solve is how to work around the windows Service Control Manager (SCM). The SCM was not designed to forward creation requests for remote clients to remote servers. We could consider a new implementation ...

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