Data Load Balancing

You can request to balance data on a node in a partitioned cluster without waiting for the automatic load-balancing task to trigger it. This brings data load on the node near to average data per node while the rest of the data is distributed across other nodes in the cluster. Candidate nodes for accepting the load are selected on the basis of the amount of data currently present on them. A node having less data gets a larger share from the load.

Enable Data Load Balancing

Using NCache Web Manager

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and Linux.

• In the left navigation bar, click on Clustered Caches or Local Caches, based on the cache. Against the cache name, click on View Details.

• This opens up the detailed configuration page for the cache.

• In Server Nodes tab, check the server node IP and click on "...".

• Select Balance Data Load.

• Data will be evenly distributed across the nodes of the cluster.

Manually Editing NCache Configuration

Important

Make sure the cache is stopped before making any configuration changes.

• Enable data load balancing through config.ncconf by adding the <data-load-balancing> tag under <cache-settings>.

<cache-settings ...>
      <data-load-balancing enabled="True" .../>
</cache-settings>

• Once changes are made, start the cache and restart NCache service.

Auto Load Balancing

Using NCache Web Manager

• Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 or <server-ip>:8251 on Windows and Linux.

• In the left navigation bar, click on Clustered Caches or Local Caches, based on the cache to auto balance.

Important

Make sure the cache is stopped before proceeding.

• Against the cache name, click on View Details.

• This opens up the detailed configuration page for the cache. Go to the Advanced Settings tab and click on Auto Load Balancing in the left bar.

• Check the Enable Auto Load Balancing option and configure Threshold and Interval according to your requirements.

• Click on Save Changes to apply this configuration to the cache.

• Start the cache to resume operations.

Manually Editing NCache Configuration

Important

Make sure the cache is stopped before making any configuration changes.

• Enable auto data load balancing through config.ncconf by adding the following values in <data-load-balancing>:

<cache-settings ...>
      <data-load-balancing enabled="True" auto-balancing-threshold="60%" auto-balancing-interval="30sec"/>
</cache-settings>

• Once changes are made, start the cache and restart NCache service.

See Also

Start Cache
Restart Cache
Manage Cache Service on a Server Node