Adding a Location

Note: Creating a new location is optional. You must assign a new DGE to a location during configuration. You can add it to a new location or an existing location.

Locations

DGEs are grouped within DGE locations. A DGE location is simply a way of grouping DGEs for load balancing; The location can be any logical or functional name, for example, New York, datacenter3, finance. DGEs in the same DGE location need not be in the same physical location.

Load Balancing, Hard Limits, Soft Limits

For multiple DGEs in a single "location", Traverse uses a load balancing mechanism based on configurable test limits to ensure that DGE hosts are not overloaded. There are two limits, soft and hard, which are used to determine whether the DGE has the capacity to take on a newly-provisioned device. If the number of tests reach the hard limit, no more tests can be provisioned on that DGE. Once a soft limit is reached, only tests for existing devices can be added to that DGE. Else the device is provisioned on the least loaded DGE. Note that tests for a device are not split across multiple DGEs to optimize performance.

Creating a DGE Location

1. Log in to the Traverse Web Application as superuser.
2. Navigate to Superuser > DGE Management.
3. Click Create New Location.
4. Fill in the Name field with a unique name to identify the DGE host location (required). This can be any text, typically the name of a geographic location, department, building, etc.
5. Fill in the optional fields if desired to clarify the geographical location of the DGE host and any comments.
6. Click Create Location to save your changes.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 above as needed to create additional locations.