Robust and Fast WAN Clustering using Solace Systems Space Bridging

The increasingly distributed architecture of enterprise IT systems means many companies need to share processing functionality across geographically dispersed datacenters where the wide area network (WAN) introduces bandwidth constraints, temporary disconnections and the inherent latency of distance traveled. Since not all information is relevant to all of the GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform's (XAP) clusters, the system needs to be intelligent enough to route requests and responses only where they are needed.

Solution Overview

Solace Systems' innovative hardware was specifically designed to support the high-throughput low-latency exchange of information across distributed environments with the highest quality of service- that is not available via pure software solutions. It augments GigaSpaces XAP's native functionality with the ability to share information and resources between multiple XAP clusters across the WAN in near real-time.

In the Solace-GigaSpaces solution, the data synchronization between the geographically distributed sites is handled by the Solace device. This is generally called space bridging, and it enables enterprises and cloud computing providers to deploy XAP clusters anywhere in the world with the confidence that the right information and resources will always be available to the right application at the right time.

Solution Benefits

Benefits of the Solace-GigaSpaces solution include the ability to move data faster, to provide superior application performance and better business continuity during disaster recovery scenarios.

The solution's value is highest in industries where information is exceptionally time-sensitive, because database-centric solutions simply can't handle the requisite rate of data transfers over wide area networks (WANs). Examples include financial services, telecommunications, cloud computing, logistics, government and online gaming.

In particular, the benefits of this scalable, highly available multi-site Space Bridging infrastructure are:

• Massive performance increase
• Zero data loss between Spaces
• Consistency of data between Spaces
• Simple to manage, monitor and troubleshoot Space Bridging distribution layer in a scalable manner
• No change to customer application

 Use Cases: see the architecture diagrams of the various Space Bridging use cases. 

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Related Resources:

• Solace Systems and GigaSpaces Joint Announcement
• Blog post: No traffic jams on the Space Bridge
• Distributed Space Bridging Whitepaper
• Distributed Space Bridging by Solace Systems