ORBeline's SMART Agent dynamically tracks the communication taking place between all objects and their clients:
o Smart Binding and Protocol Selection
ORBeline automatically picks the best communication mechanism as
soon as you try to access an object. If the object is in your process,
it bypasses the ORB and the network altogether. When the object is on
a remote node, ORBeline's SMART and efficient on-the-wire protocol
is selected. When the object is implemented using another vendor's
ORB, that vendor's on-the-wire protocol is used.
o Built-in Fault Tolerance
ORBeline's SMART Agent monitors communication between objects and their
clients. In case of a failure, the SMART agent and ORBeline cooperate
to reestablish connections between processes or their replicas.
o Dynamic Directory Service
ORBeline's Dynamic Directory Service tracks all registered and active
objects, providing a high degree of efficiency, total location
transparency and easy administration. There is no need for
cumbersome configuration files, and no need for heavyweight object
migration and replication mechanisms.
o Platforms
ORBeline runs on all classes of computers ranging from Cray
supercomputers, to workstations, to personal computers and
embedded systems.
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