Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Editionprovides high availability of remote EJB references and NameService objects over RMI-IIOP, provided all the following apply:
Your deployment has a cluster of at least two application server instances.
J2EE applications are deployed to all application server instances and clusters that participate in load balancing.
RMI-IIOP client applications are enabled for load balancing.
Application Server supports load balancing for the following RMI-IIOP clients accessing EJB components deployed on an Application Server.
Java applications executing in the Application Client Container (ACC). See To set up RMI-IIOP load balancing for the Application Client Container.
Java applications not running in the ACC. See To set up RMI-IIOP load balancing and failover for Stand-Alone Client
Application Server does not support RMI-IIOP load balancing and failover over secure sockets layer (SSL).