IBM® eXtremeIO (XIO) is a transport mechanism that replaces the
Object Request Broker (ORB).
Before you begin
To configure XIO, you
must have WebSphere® eXtreme Scale Client Version
8.6.0.2 or later.
You can configure XIO for all the container
servers in your catalog service domain by enabling XIO in the catalog
servers. The container servers discover the transport type of the
catalog server and use that transport type.
About this task
XIO is the default
transport mechanism if you are creating a new configuration with Version
2.5 or later. If you are upgrading from a previous firmware version,
your transport setting is set to use the ORB.
Procedure
Enable the XIO transport mechanism
in the collective. In the user interface, click . Select
the XIO transport mechanism. The transport setting is a collective-wide
setting. Therefore, if you update the transport setting, all of the
appliances in the collective must be restarted.
Results
The servers that you configured use
the XIO transport. To verify that the configuration is correct, see Displaying the transport type of your catalog service domain.The collective
uses the XIO transport mechanism. When you enable XIO, you are also
enabling:
- eXtreme Data Format (XDF)
- XDF serializes and stores keys and values in the data grid in
a language-independent format. By using XDF, both Java and .NET applications
can access the same data grid objects.
- IBM eXtremeMemory
- eXtremeMemory helps you avoid garbage collection pauses, leading
to more constant performance and predicable response times.