The idea is so appealing to some because it means any host serving that web application can handle your request, rather than being forced to use "sticky sessions". Otherwise you have to move the session data into the database, which can be unappealing as well.
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The idea is so appealing to some because it means any host serving that web application can handle your request, rather than being forced to use "sticky sessions". Otherwise you have to move the session data into the database, which can be unappealing as well.
Thanks for explaining it the clearest.
Isn't this what they invented things like Memcached and Redis for, though?
Yes, those are good options - I was just attempting to explain it from the perspective of others.