Recommended Configurations

Consider the following configuration options to ensure maximum reliability and scalability of your PeopleSoft MultiChannel Framework installation:

• Configure multiple MCF servers in a cluster across multiple host machines.

  This provides protection against single-point failures.

  Each MCF cluster requires a REN server cluster. Configuring multiple REN server clusters is functionally the same as configuring multiple MCF clusters for scalability. Inside a REN server cluster, configuring multiple REN servers is functionally the same as multiple queue servers for failover.

  See Configuring PeopleSoft MCF Clusters.

• Use REN server clusters only for failover.

  REN server clusters do not enhance performance.

• Split logical queues into more than one physical queue if more work is required on that queue than a single process or machine can handle.

• If an application server domain is likely to be restarted regularly for reasons that are not related to PeopleSoft MultiChannel Framework, configure PeopleSoft MultiChannel Framework in a separate domain.

  Regular restarting of MCF servers affects performance because the MCF servers must recover state when they are recycled or when a secondary takes over from a primary server.