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#2577 Minor cleanup of 'What is Akka' in docs
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Viktor Klang (√) 2012-10-01 11:14:58 -07:00
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@ -38,24 +38,23 @@ See :ref:`actors-scala` and :ref:`untyped-actors-java`
Fault Tolerance
---------------
Fault tolerance through supervisor hierarchies with "let-it-crash"
semantics. Excellent for writing highly fault-tolerant systems that never stop,
systems that self-heal. Supervisor hierarchies can span over multiple JVMs to
provide truly fault-tolerant systems.
- Supervisor hierarchies with "let-it-crash" semantics.
- Supervisor hierarchies can span over multiple JVMs to provide truly fault-tolerant systems.
- Excellent for writing highly fault-tolerant systems that self-heal and never stop.
See :ref:`fault-tolerance-scala` and :ref:`fault-tolerance-java`
Location Transparency
---------------------
Everything in Akka is designed to work in a distributed environment: all
interactions of actors use purely message passing and everything is asynchronous.
interactions of actors use pure message passing and everything is asynchronous.
For an overview of the remoting see :ref:`remoting`
Transactors
-----------
Transactors combine actors and STM (Software Transactional Memory) into transactional actors.
Transactors combine actors and Software Transactional Memory (STM) into transactional actors.
It allows you to compose atomic message flows with automatic retry and rollback.
See :ref:`transactors-scala` and :ref:`transactors-java`
@ -86,10 +85,10 @@ consisted of two things:
- Cluster support for Akka
- Monitoring & Management (formerly called Atmos)
Cloudy Akka have been discontinued and the Cluster support is now being moved into the
Open Source version of Akka (the upcoming Akka 2.1), while the Monitoring & Management
(Atmos) is now rebranded into Typesafe Console and is part of the commercial subscription
for the Typesafe Stack (see below for details).
Cloudy Akka has been discontinued and the Cluster support is now being moved into the
Open Source version of Akka (the upcoming Akka 2.1), while Monitoring & Management
(Atmos) has been re-branded as the Typesafe Console, which is now part of the commercial
subscription for the Typesafe Stack (see below for details).
Typesafe Stack
==============