NowSMS NextGen: Multiple Servers for Scalability and Fault Tolerance
To help explain how NowSMS NextGen can support clustered servers for fault tolerance and scalability, we are reposting this thread from our support forum. Hi, Your release notes for NowSMS NextGen says: Clustered Servers – Multiple front-end servers can share their workload via a shared database, offering powerful new options for fault tolerant systems and scalability. And there is also a note...
Read MoreMigrating to a Multiple Server MMSC, WAP Gateway, or NowSMS Gateway
The recent postings about multiple server redundant NowSMS or NowWAP configurations have generated a lot of questions from existing customers about how to migrate an existing installation to a multiple server configuration. Migrating an existing NowWAP installation to a multiple server configuration is the easiest task to explain. That’s because there is no shared data storage requirement,...
Read MoreNowSMS in Fault Tolerant or Redundant Load Balanced Environment
For many configurations it is desirable to install NowSMS on multiple servers in order to achieve fault tolerance and/or improved throughput and performance. NowSMS offers extreme configuration flexibility to facilitate these requirements. This document outlines the multi-server configuration options that exist for NowSMS v2008.06.03 and later versions. Preferred Solution for Load-Balanced...
Read MoreNowWAP in Fault Tolerant or Redundant Load Balanced Environment
For many configurations it is desirable to install NowWAP on multiple servers in order to achieve fault tolerance and/or improved throughput and performance. The only special consideration when running NowWAP in this type of clustered configuration is if NowWAP is configured to use RADIUS accounting to supply MSISDN information to one or more content servers, such as an MMSC. This document...
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