Introducing ClusterCATS for ColdFusion

ClusterCATS for ColdFusion is a Web server clustering technology that provides load balancing and failover services that assure high availability for your Web server and ColdFusion Server (CFS). ClusterCATS lets you cluster distributed servers into a single, high-performance, highly available environment of Web server resources.

A cluster consists of two or more Web servers located on a LAN or across a WAN. Web servers included in a cluster operate as a single entity to provide rapid and reliable access to resources on those Web servers. A cluster can help your Web site avoid the consequences of busy and failed servers -- slow networks. With ClusterCATS you can avoid bandwidth, latency, and congestion problems.

This section addresses the following topics:

ClusterCATS for ColdFusion Features

The ClusterCATS technology embedded in ColdFusion Enterprise provides robust features for load balancing and failing over servers.

This section describes the following ClusterCATS' features:

New clustering features available with ColdFusion v4.5

ColdFusion Enterprise v4.5 includes these new ClusterCATS features:

Important ease-of-use features

These ClusterCATS features make creating and managing your server clusters easy, fast, and secure:

Load balancing features

ClusterCATS provides the following load balancing features:

Failover features

ClusterCATS provides these important failover features: