168 WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Concepts, Planning, and Design Guide
After you complete the high availability design, update the implementation design to include
the high availability features.
7.3.3 Load balancing and failover
As a result of the design considerations for high availability, you might identify several
components that need redundancy. Consider how to implement redundancy to ensure that
you get the most benefit from the systems during normal operations. You also need to
consider how to manage a seamless failover if a component fails. These design
considerations introduce the following techniques:
Load balancing
Load balancing refers to spreading the load across multiple, available copies of a
component for optimum usage of ...