Session replication/sharing on multiple cloud servers

Question

Hi,

Can a user's session be distributed on multiple servers on azure cloud? (at the time of session start or runtime)

If a user session is distributed on multiple servers then will it create any problem?

Regards,

Rohan

Answer 1

the Session State provider for Windows Azure Caching may be what you are looking for
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg185668.aspx

Answer 2

You can access session state from multiple web roles / servers in Windows Azure. To do so, you either need to store the session data in SQL Azure or in the AppFabric cache. (using SQL Azure is a bit quirky, but it can be done). Just don't use InProc mode.

With this approach, you can access session state for one user from only one server at a time in R/W mode. The session provider applies a lock that prevents multiple servers (or pages) from accessing the same record at the same time. The lock isn't applied in read-only mode, though (set with EnableSessionState="ReadOnly" on the @Page directive).

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