目前项目中在克服JGroups初期使用的困难之后，已经使用比较稳定了。感觉比较烦琐和容易出错的还是JGroups配置。
JGroups 适合使用场合
服务器集群cluster、多服务器通讯、服务器replication(复制)等，分布式cache缓存

JGroups 简介
JGroups是一个基于Java语言的提供可靠多播(组播)的开发工具包。在IP Multicast基础上提供可靠服务，也可以构建在TCP或者WAN上。主要是由Bela Ban开发，属于JBoss.org，在JBoss的网站也有一些相关文档。目前在 SourceForge上还是比较活跃，经常保持更新。

JGroups 配置

PING: 发现初始成员
MERGE2: 将网络层切分的包重新合并。
FD_SOCK: Failure Dectection 错误检测，基于TCP
FD：FailureDectection 错误检测，基于心跳
VERIFY_SUSPECT: 检查貌似失败的节点
pbcast.NAKACK: 应答，提供可靠传输
UNICAST: 可靠的UNICAST
pbcast.STABLE: 计算广播信息是否稳定
VIEW_SYNC: 定期广播view(成员名单)
pbcast.GMS: Group membership, 处理joins/leaves/crashes等
FC: 流量控制
FRAG2:Fragmentation layer，分包，将大的数据包分拆成适合网络层传输

以上一些是比较重要的配置，基本上不能少。如果要深入研究可以在　org.jgroups.protocols　里面查看源代码

JGroups使用例子, JGroups demo, Tim的hello world例子
Timreceiver.java

import org.jgroups.tests.perf.Receiver;

import org.jgroups.tests.perf.Transport;

import org.jgroups.util.Util;


public class TimReceiver implements Receiver {

     privateTransport transport = null;


     public staticvoid main(String[] args) {

          TimReceiver t = new TimReceiver();

           try {

                int sendMsgCount = 5000;

                int msgSize = 1000;

                t.start();


                t.sendMessages(sendMsgCount, msgSize);

                System.out.println("########## Begin to recv...");

                Thread.currentThread().join();

           } catch(Exception e) {

                e.printStackTrace();

           } finally {

                if (t != null) {

                      t.stop();

                 }

           }

     }


     public voidstart()

                throws Exception {

          transport = (Transport) new TimTransport();

           transport.create(null);

          transport.setReceiver(this);

          transport.start();

     }


     public voidstop() {

           if(transport != null) {

                transport.stop();

                transport.destroy();

           }

     }


     private intcount = 0;

     public voidreceive(Object sender, byte[] data) {

          System.out.print(".");

           if(++count == 5000) {

                System.out.println("\r\nRECV DONE.");

                System.exit(0);

           }


     }


     private voidsendMessages(int count, int msgSize)

                throws Exception {

           byte[]buf = new byte[msgSize];

           for(int k = 0; k < msgSize; k++)

                buf[k] = 'T';


          System.out.println("-- sending " + count + " " +Util.printBytes(msgSize) + " messages");


           for(int i = 0; i < count; i++) {

                transport.send(null, buf);

           }


           System.out.println("#########send complete");

     }

}


TimTransport.java


import java.util.Map;

import java.util.Properties;


import org.jgroups.Address;

import org.jgroups.JChannel;

import org.jgroups.Message;

import org.jgroups.ReceiverAdapter;

import org.jgroups.tests.perf.Receiver;

import org.jgroups.tests.perf.Transport;


public class TimTransport extends ReceiverAdapterimplements Transport{

     privateJChannel channel = null;

     privateString groupName = "TimDemo";

     privateReceiver receiver = null;


     StringPROTOCOL_STACK_UDP1 = "UDP(bind_addr=192.168.100.59";  

     StringPROTOCOL_STACK_UDP2 = ";mcast_port=8888";

     StringPROTOCOL_STACK_UDP3 = ";mcast_addr=225.1.1.1";

     StringPROTOCOL_STACK_UDP4 = ";tos=8;loopback=false;max_bundle_size=64000;"+

                "use_incoming_packet_handler=true;use_outgoing_packet_handler=false;ip_ttl=2;enable_bundling=true):"

          +"PING:MERGE2:FD_SOCK:FD:VERIFY_SUSPECT:"

           +"pbcast.NAKACK(gc_lag=50;max_xmit_size=50000;use_mcast_xmit=false;"+

                       "retransmit_timeout=300,600,1200,2400,4800;discard_delivered_msgs=true):"

           +"UNICAST:pbcast.STABLE:VIEW_SYNC:"

           +"pbcast.GMS(print_local_addr=false;join_timeout=3000;" +

                       "join_retry_timeout=2000;" +

                       "shun=true;view_bundling=true):"

           +"FC(max_credits=2000000;min_threshold=0.10):FRAG2(frag_size=50000)";



     public ObjectgetLocalAddress() {

           return channel != null ?channel.getLocalAddress() : null;

     }


     public voidstart() throws Exception {

          channel.connect(groupName);          

     }


     public voidstop() {

           if(channel != null) {

                channel.shutdown();

           }

     }


     public voiddestroy() {

           if(channel != null) {

                channel.close();

                channel = null;

           }

     }


     public voidsetReceiver(Receiver r) {

          this.receiver = r;

     }


     public MapdumpStats() {

           returnchannel != null ? channel.dumpStats() : null;

     }


     public voidsend(Object destination, byte[] payload) throws Exception {

           byte[]tmp = new byte[payload.length];

          System.arraycopy(payload, 0, tmp, 0, payload.length);

           Messagemsg = null;

           msg =new Message((Address) destination, null, tmp);

           if(channel != null) {

                channel.send(msg);

           }

     }


     public voidreceive(Message msg) {

           Addresssender = msg.getSrc();

           byte[]payload = msg.getBuffer();

           if(receiver != null) {

                try {

                      receiver.receive(sender, payload);

                 }catch (Throwable tt) {

                      tt.printStackTrace();

                 }

           }

     }


     public voidcreate(Properties config) throws Exception {

           StringPROTOCOL_STACK = PROTOCOL_STACK_UDP1 + PROTOCOL_STACK_UDP2 +PROTOCOL_STACK_UDP3 + PROTOCOL_STACK_UDP4;

           channel= new JChannel(PROTOCOL_STACK);

          channel.setReceiver(this);          

     }


     public voidsend(Object destination, byte[] payload, boolean oob) throws Exception {

          send(destination, payload);

     }

}

JGroups 下载 download
http://www.jgroups.org/