You can set up a secondary Price Server to continue to receive price updates in the event the Price Server becomes inactive. When properly configured, Price Server failover occurs seamlessly.

You can set up a second machine to function as a backup Price Server. You can run the ICE Gateway installation on the machine that you want to host your secondary Price Server. You must ensure that both machines use the same Exchange-Flavor (i.e., flavor) and share the same multicast channels. In addition, you should configure the [PriceServer] sections in the hostinfo.cfg file on both machines. All values should be the same except for SessionUserName and SessionPassword. Due to restrictions on dual logins, these values must be different.

Next, set up ttchron.ini on the secondary TT Gateway so only the Price Server component runs. Comment out the Order Server and Fill Server sections in ttchron.ini on the secondary TT Gateway.

Once properly configured, prices continue to update even if the primary Price Server goes down.

In a Price Server failover pair, only one runs as an active Price Server component. The other Price Server remains in an idle mode and displays as half-green and half-yellow in Guardian. Although idle, this Price Server is connected to the exchange and ready to request product information.

When the primary Price Server fails and turns red in Guardian, the idle Price Server automatically becomes active and begins requesting products to which traders subscribe. It can take several minutes before the Price Server displays as green in Guardian however, the ICE Gateway continues to seamlessly receive and broadcast price updates.

There is no impact on client subscriptions to the TT ICE Gateway during a Price Server failover. Prices are now received by the secondary Price Server, while orders continue to be routed through the Order Server on the primary TT ICE Gateway.