Master / Worker Pattern
Master Worker is a pattern for distributing work.
Implementation
The tim-messaging framework implements the Master / Worker pattern : http://forge.terracotta.org/releases/projects/tim-messaging
Additional Resources
This section should help you learn more about the Master / Worker pattern and Terracotta. Master / Worker is a pattern that distributes work across many nodes. There are many patterns that have the same goal, including "Map/Reduce" and more.
Concept
Jonas Boner wrote an article on The Server Side that illustrates the concept:
The topic is also covered in Chapter 11 of the Definitive Guide to Terracotta
Blogs that have successfully implemented the Master / Worker pattern:
James Heanly:
Eugene Ciurana:
Mark Turansky:
Matt Abrams:
Previous iterations of the M/W pattern on Terracotta
More information on a previous iteration (TC Lib) :
