<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <!-- saved from url=(0029)http://www.helpandmanual.com/ --> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="helpman_topicinit.js"></script> <!-- Redirect browser to frame page if page is not in the content frame. --> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- if (top.location.search.lastIndexOf("toc=0")<=0) { if (top.frames.length==0) { top.location.href="index.html?app_node.htm"; } else { parent.lazysync('app_node.htm'); } } //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="highlight.js"></script> <title>Node</title> <meta name="generator" content="Help & Manual"> <meta name="keywords" content="Load Factor"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <link type="text/css" href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link type="text/css" href="custom.css" rel="stylesheet"> <script type="text/javascript" src="nsh.js"></script> <!-- non-scrolling headers for CHM and browser-based help, local styles--> <style TYPE="text/css" media="screen"> <!-- body { margin:0; padding:0; overflow: auto; background: #FFFFFF; } #idheader { width:100%; height:auto; padding: 0; margin: 0; } #idheaderbg { background: #6F6F6F; } --> </style> <style TYPE="text/css" MEDIA="print"> <!-- /* Hide navigation links and add space between header and text in the printed version. 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Several applications can be deployed on the same node; however a node descriptor describes only the servers defined by the enclosing application.</p> <p class="p_Heading2"><span class="f_Heading2">Properties</span></p> <p class="p_IndentList2"><span class="f_IndentList2">The Node Properties panel offers the following fields:</span></p> <p class="p_Heading2Sub2"><span class="f_Heading2Sub2">Name</span></p> <p class="p_IndentList3"><span class="f_IndentList3">The name of the node. This name must match the </span> <span class="f_T_Code">IceGrid.Node.Name</span> configuration property of the node process.</p> <p class="p_Heading2Sub2"><span class="f_Heading2Sub2">Description</span></p> <p class="p_IndentList3"><span class="f_IndentList3">A free-text description of this node.</span></p> <p class="p_Heading2Sub2"><span class="f_Heading2Sub2">Variables</span></p> <p class="p_IndentList3"><span class="f_IndentList3">This table shows node-level IceGrid variables. See <a href="app_variables.htm">Variables</a>.</span></p> <p class="p_Heading2Sub2"><span class="f_Heading2Sub2">Load Factor</span></p> <p class="p_IndentList3"><span class="f_IndentList3">A floating point value used to compare different nodes when making a load-balancing decision based on load-average (for Linux and Unix) or CPU utilization (for Windows). See <a href="app_replica__group.htm">Replica Group</a>.</span></p> <p class="p_IndentList3"><span class="f_IndentList3">Leaving this value blank is equivalent to the default: 1.0 on Linux and Unix, and 1.0 divided by the number of CPUs on Windows.</span></p> <p class="p_Heading2"><span class="f_Heading2">Children</span></p> <p class="p_IndentList2"><span class="f_IndentList2">A node can have two types of children:</span></p> <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">•</span></td><td><span class="f_IndentList2"><a href="app_server.htm">Server</a></span></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height: normal;"><tr style="vertical-align:baseline" valign="baseline"><td width="13"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Arial'; color: #000000;">•</span></td><td><span class="f_IndentList2"><a href="app_property_set.htm">Property Set</a></span></td></tr></table></div> <!--ZOOMSTOP--> <p> </p><hr size="1"><p class="fsmall">Page url: <a href="http://www.zeroc.com/doc/Ice-3.4.2/IceGridAdmin/index.html?app_node.htm" target="_top">http://www.zeroc.com/doc/Ice-3.4.2/IceGridAdmin/index.html?app_node.htm</a> </p> </div></div> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var lastSlashPos = document.URL.lastIndexOf("/") > document.URL.lastIndexOf("\\") ? document.URL.lastIndexOf("/") : document.URL.lastIndexOf("\\"); if( document.URL.substring( lastSlashPos + 1, lastSlashPos + 4 ).toLowerCase() != "~hh" ) { nsrInit(); } --> </script> </body> </html>