Is there a way to dynamically reload the Terracotta configuration file without restarting Terracotta and losing session replication for each web application?
Additional Information: I am responsible for about 30 naughty, inherited Java web applications. My goal is to configure our servers so that I can quickly redirect all traffic from one Tomcat instance to another without missing a single bit or loss of session data (for the purpose of updating, I do a lot of "emergency response", so deploying the day after tomorrow is often not enough soon).
I already have reverse proxy settings installed, so session replication should complete the requirements.
I struggled with Tomcat 5.5's Session Replication features for several days and never got a 100% job as announced. Terracotta seems like a good solution, but only if it can be updated dynamically without stopping replication for each application.
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