topic Re: what is the best architecture? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-best-architecture/m-p/102273#M71144 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It's really difficult to answer this question without all the context.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If you go for option 2 and run Activiti embedded there should be no issue with running multiple Activiti Engines.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The only component that you have take into consideration is the job executor. If the job executor is active on multiple Activiti Engines it will poll for the same jobs.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>We implemented a locking strategy so that only one Engine is able to execute a job, so that's also fine.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>You may get some exceptions because a job executor is accessing an already locked job, but that's on our todo list to change to a info message instead of the current log level.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:01:47 GMT trademak 2012-08-29T10:01:47Z what is the best architecture? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-best-architecture/m-p/102272#M71143 I'm considering using Activiti in one of my projects, but I'm a bit uncertain about the best architecture. Activiti basically is an active component. This means that when the environment triggers a "compete task", the workflow will move forward to the next task in the workflow, and possibly execute Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:48:43 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-best-architecture/m-p/102272#M71143 tbee 2012-08-28T11:48:43Z Re: what is the best architecture? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-best-architecture/m-p/102273#M71144 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It's really difficult to answer this question without all the context.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If you go for option 2 and run Activiti embedded there should be no issue with running multiple Activiti Engines.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The only component that you have take into consideration is the job executor. If the job executor is active on multiple Activiti Engines it will poll for the same jobs.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>We implemented a locking strategy so that only one Engine is able to execute a job, so that's also fine.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>You may get some exceptions because a job executor is accessing an already locked job, but that's on our todo list to change to a info message instead of the current log level.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:01:47 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-is-the-best-architecture/m-p/102273#M71144 trademak 2012-08-29T10:01:47Z