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Re: Fault-tolerance in web services

• To: Seetharama Rao Durbha <Seetharamarao.Durbha@S...>
• Subject: Re: Fault-tolerance in web services
• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:51:33 -0400
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• Organization: Booz Allen Hamilton
• References: <C6DA914CA56FD811BF3B00B0D049C7760A5570@NT_SERVER1>

That doesn't seem at all like a naïve question, especially since your
additional information is right on the mark. The situation you imagine
is - I am certain - often done in practice, by offering a service at
multiple addresses.

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz Allen Hamilton
Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World

Seetharama Rao Durbha wrote:
> 
> Just a naïve question - fault tolerance in web services - for example,
> providing multiple service/soap:address - should that be part of a WSDL/SOAP
> client functionality, or should that be a native support provided by the
> provider?
> 
> I can imagine situation where services are multi-hosted and a particular
> provider would like to be able to explicitly identify those locations to the
> clients, in case one fails, or even for load-balancing, if that is a
> concern.
> 
> Thanks,
> Seetharama Rao Durbha
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Joseph Chiusano
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