Horizontal Scaling Setup Overview

In a horizontal scaling configuration, identical Lawson Environments are installed on multiple machines and managed via a clustered network topology which is defined and managed by WebSphere Network Deployment Manager. The purpose of a horizontally scaled configuration is to achieve increased transaction throughput and server fail-over.

The setup of a horizontally scaled system involves numerous steps. The major steps in the setup process are described in the following topics, with references to sources of more information.