Distributed Space Bridging

Enterprise applications frequently need to share information and work with applications in other datacenters. In such scenarios application traffic must leave the LAN and span the more restrictive and less predictable environment of the WAN. One way IT organizations can enable such communications is with in-memory data grid solutions such as GigaSpaces’ extreme Application Platform, Oracle Coherence, and Terracotta Grid.

Solution Summary

Solace’s solution enables the real-time synchronization of distributed computing clusters using a technique called “space bridging.” Space bridging automatically keeps applications around the world synchronized so accurate information and relevant compute resources are available at all times.

Advantages and Benefits

• Reliability and resilience: The solution queues messages to guarantee delivery with zero data loss even when clients or connections are temporarily unavailable. The solution is fault tolerant with redundant components and features mutually-aware self-correcting behavior, similar to IP routers.
• Lower cost and complexity: The solution’s appliance form factor makes it straightforward to deploy and manage, and makes efficient use of expensive WAN bandwidth by sending requests and responses only where they are needed. It also provides connection-specific metrics that aid in debugging for the quick and easy identification and resolution of problems.
• Plug and play: The solution can accelerate existing multi-space applications without touching the applications themselves.
• Scalability: The solution allows synchronization between any number of spaces with highly efficient use of network resources and a remarkably simple, linearly scalable architecture.