Session replication is useful when a client directly connects to a load balancer which in turn connects to
ActiveTransfer Server. Session replication enables you to configure replication of an
ActiveTransfer client session that is in progress on one node, across all other
ActiveTransfer Server nodes in the group. A client connected to one
ActiveTransfer Server in a group is valid on all other
ActiveTransfer Servers in the group. So, if one
ActiveTransfer Server goes down, the client is directed to another
ActiveTransfer Server in the group and any in-progress file transfers can continue without the need for a client re-login. For configuration details, see
Configuring Session Replication in
ActiveTransfer Servers.
Note that session replication is not required if the client connects directly to the ActiveTransfer Gateway which routes the requests to ActiveTransfer Server. In this case, ActiveTransfer Gateway automatically handles session replication between ActiveTransfer Servers.