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Planning Your My webMethods Server Cluster
The following diagram shows just one of many types of distributed deployments that can be configured with My webMethods Server.
A My webMethods Server Cluster Network Diagram
A My webMethods Server cluster with three nodes
The preceding diagram assumes that there will be three server machines operating in a cluster, each with its own cluster roles. The machines defined in the web tier include a hardware-based load balancer and two web server machines. The following sections illustrate the process that an administrator would work through to build a cluster.
The procedure for configuring Apache in an external load-balanced web server cluster configuration with your deployment is explained in Using My webMethods Server with Web Servers.