= Proposal title =

|| '''Date''' || 2012/03/22 ||
|| '''Contact(s)''' || Heikki Doeleman, Jose García||
|| '''Last edited''' || ||
|| '''Status''' || Draft ||
|| '''Assigned to release''' || 2.7.0 ||
|| '''Resources''' || Available ||
|| '''Ticket #''' || #432 ||

== Overview ==

It is currently not possible to load-balance GeoNetwork, for various reasons described [http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork/wiki/MultipleInstancesOfGN here]. This proposal aims to make it possibly to horizontally scale GeoNetwork by implementing the changes described below.

=== Proposal Type ===
 * '''Module''': ALL

=== Links ===
 * '''Documents'''
[http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork/wiki/MultipleInstancesOfGN Why you cannot scale GeoNetwork]
 * '''Email discussions''':
 * '''Other wiki discussions''':

=== Voting History ===
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== Motivations ==

 * Various users of GeoNetwork would like to be able to scale it horizontally to provide for increased performance.

== Proposal == 
TODO describe


=== Backwards Compatibility Issues ===
Are there any ?

=== New libraries added ===
No new libraries.

== Risks ==

== Participants ==
Heikki Doeleman, Jose García