Chapter 7. Multicore Environment

A e-speak-based service solution that is deployed on a single service engine can be good for demonstration purposes, but it would rarely be a solution that is deployed in production. In a real-world deployment, multiple engines will be deployed for a variety of reasons, including:

  • Scalability

  • Manageability

  • Reliability and high availability

  • Organizational boundaries

Scalability is important because a single e-Speak engine can become overloaded as the number of services or other resources deployed on it increases. This overloading can result in a slow response from ...

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