Scenario: Portal down while processing a request in high available environment

[Ranga_Tolapi]

What will happen to the request when a Portal goes down while processing it, in high available environment (2 portals are present)?

1. Will the request fail?
2. Will the request take over by the other portal instance of HA?

[JonathanQuinn · Accepted solution]

Almost all of the requests to portal complete quickly. There are some that would take time, like reindexing, perhaps some addItem requests, but ultimately, if the portal handling the request goes down, the other portal machine does not know about the request and will not continue it.