Scalable Session-state Storage for ASP.NET Server Farms
October 30, 2009
Scalable Session-state Storage for ASP.NET Server Farms
ScaleOut Software released ScaleOut StateServer ServerEdition. Initially targeted to support e-commerce Web sites built on Microsoft sASP.NET platform, StateServer Server Edition lets IT managers and Webarchitects store their mission-critical session data (such as shopping carts)directly on the Web farm within the software s distributed, memory-based store.This offloads the site s database server and ensures uninterrupted access toe-commerce session data.
StateServer givesyour server farm applications scalable, in-memory storage for ASP.NETsession-state and other workload data. StoreSafe technology allows farm-wideaccess to all stored data and intelligently replicates data among the servers.
StateServerbalances the amount of storage used by each server in the farm andautomatically scales as new servers are added. This allows overall performanceto grow as demand on the Web site s server farm increases. After detectingserver and network outages, the software self-heals by creating additionalreplicas on surviving servers.
StateServerinstalls as a standard Windows software service and uses your server farm sexisting back-end LAN. It transparently stores Microsoft ASP.NET session objects,and APIs are provided for integrating the product into .NET applications.
ScaleOutStateServer Server Edition supports a server farm of up to three servers. EnterpriseEdition supports six servers, and DataCenter Edition supports up to 64 servers.
ScaleOut Software
Price: Startsat US$4,495
Web Site: http://www.scaleoutsoftware.com
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