Client load balancing improves capacity and performance of the SAP Mobile Server cluster when it is servicing mobile client requests.
With load balancing on client connections:
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SAP Mobile Servers in the cluster can share the client workload, improving the efficiency of services to client devices.
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Clients have a common point of access, independent of any particular SAP Mobile Server instance.
There are two types of client load balancing to consider:
- Simple load balancing – you can deploy either one proxy server, or a load balancer
appliance, to implement client load balancing on a single network node.
Load Balancing with One Proxy Server or Load Balancer
- Clustered load balancing – for higher capacity or higher availability, you can deploy a proxy server cluster, with or without a front-end load balancer appliance.
