WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Database considerations for production use of the UDDI Registry

The UDDI Registry fully supports a number of databases and can be used for development and test purposes, however you should be aware of the following factors when considering which database is appropriate for your anticipated UDDI Registry production use.

It is important to consult the information supplied by your chosen database vendor for advice, but additionally you need to consider the likely size and volume of requests, and whether the general performance and scalability of the UDDI registry is important to you.

For example, while Cloudscape supports the full function of the UDDI Registry, it is not an enterprise level database and consequently it does not have the same characteristics (for example, scaling or performance) as enterprise databases such as DB2.

If you need multiple connections to the UDDI Registry database (for example if you are using the UDDI Registry in a cluster configuration) and Cloudscape is your preferred database, you will need to use the network Cloudscape option as embedded Cloudscape has a limitation of allowing only one Java virtual machine to access or load a database instance at any one time (in other words two application servers cannot access the same Cloudscape database instance at the same time).

Note: The UDDI Registry can support multiple users even if there is a single database connection.

More information on Cloudscape is available in this information center.

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