hi there, i have had some hours now invested in thinking about ws mediation. some questions came to my mind that would be important for deciding whether to use or not to use such a mediation layer.
1) since synapse would be a really company central part of software in the future what is about clustering / health ckeck. how to monitor if synapse is working correctly? how to set it up for HAV what could be a scenario for an active/ active clustering approach ? would there be any disadvantages? (does reliable messaging work then (sequences)) 2) is there a tool to check the config if the syntax would be bootable ? can config be reloaded/refresehd during runtime? 3) when exactly would "you" use synapse and when NOT to use it? my point of view would be: USE IT: when ws of the same type are spread over many hosts (dislocation) when security layer should be added to an existing ws (e.g. b2b) when throtteling / QOS should be added (e.g. b2b) when A2A integration is done (so the ws call exits a system that can be seen as one unit (SAP->SIEBEL) when protocol layer is different (e.g. JMS->SOAP) mapping must be done (e.g. to maintain two different interfaces map the old one to the new one) NOT USE IT: when ws are called internally (CRM->CRM) in most cases the ws are managed very well way inside an enterpris ready sofware when massive data exchange is done ? performance? have i left something out or misunderstood? 4) how does UDDI fit into the scenario of a ws mediation? how does it work together / integrate? 5) are there similar products / projects that have similar feature sets like synapse ? any feature matrix known? any experiences? 6) what would be the roadmap for the near future? is the synapse as it is today ready for production issues? 7) what are perofrmance impacts when almost always using the mediation gateway? 8) is routing over more than one hop easilly done and or does it make sense? e..g to have a synapse server in DMZ this applies security and throttling and routes to an internal synapse server -> this synapse server routes to the original service provider i know those are many questions i would be happy if anyone could answer me just a few of them! regards chris -- ----------------- Christian Brennsteiner --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
