What is com.typesafe.akka:akka-cluster-sharding_2.12?
Akka-cluster-sharding is a tool that facilitates the distribution and management of stateful entities across a cluster of Akka actors. It enables the creation of scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available applications by providing a framework for partitioning and replicating data and processing logic. The tool is designed to simplify the development of complex, distributed systems by abstracting away the challenges of managing remote actor references, failover, and load balancing
Highlights
- Automatic sharding and re-balancing of entities across the cluster
- Transparent failover and recovery of entities upon node failures
- Support for persistent entities, enabling state recovery and durability
- Integration with Akka Persistence for reliable state management
- Coordination of entity activation and passivation to optimize resource utilization
- Customizable entity identification and lookup strategies