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Aspera On Demand Clustering FAQ
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This FAQ provides answers to many questions regarding clustering Aspera on Demand products.
Load Balancing & Resilience
- Does Aspera On Demand work with the AWS ELB for load balancing/auto failover?
Currently AWS ELB (Elastic Load Balancing) only supports TCP based transfer protocols and therefore it cannot handle the Aspera FASP protocol. - Are there any issues with Aspera balancing/offering resilience in different Availability Zones and Regions?
It is possible to load balance Aspera in mutiple zones and regions but not with ELB. Please see details below. - What options are available for balancing the transfer load and making Aspera on Demand resilient?
Aspera on Demand products can be deployed in a cluster using Amazons Route 53 DNS round robin. The Aspera transfer platform on Azure has a purpose built cluster manager that leverages this round robin technique.
Scaling out
- How does a clustered Aspera on Demand platform scale up and down?
Aspera does not currently offer an out of the box cluster solution for cloud deployments. We are working on a solution and expect it to be available early next year. Currently manual provisioning and de-provisioning is required. - How does auto-scaling Aspera on Demand work?
It is possible to configure the AWS Autoscale to provision and de-provision Aspera on Demand but some customizations are required. The AWS services team is available to discuss the customizations that they have created as part of an Aspera On Demand - How do clients address the Aspera on Demand cluster?
The Aspera Cluster can be addressed by a single host name. The hostname and IP addresses are managed by the AWS route 53 DNS service.
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