You should go with 2 load balanced AR Servers in a server group with a separate standalone database server. Generally AR Server is going to be your bottleneck. A single database server should be able to easily handle the load of multiple AR Servers. Just be sure to configure your AR Servers for peak performance (fast/list/private threads, proper indexes, etc)
Chad Hall (501) 342-2650 ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McManus Michael A SSgt HQ 754 ELSG/DOMH Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Load Balancing Dear listers, We're in the process of a 7.0 upgrade and a new hardware configuration and we're trying to explore our options. I figured this is likely the best place to ask the pertinent questions. We just bought 3 new servers, and the plan was to set up a server group to help with load balancing. My question is what is the best way to handle something like this? We're totally new to this (we've always run on one production server with the database on the server) and our initial thought was 2 production servers with the user load split between the two and the third server as an external database. I was posed a question today and I'm unsure whether it can be done. Is it possible (and advisable if it is) to set up two production servers with a database on each server and have those databases effectively mirror each other in real time? I'm under the impression that a server grouping reduces stress on the server, but there is still a bottleneck at the database since all the servers in the group are using the same db. Anyone out there have experience with something like this that can point me in the right direction? Thanks much, Michael A. McManus, SSgt, USAF Remedy Developer HQ 754 ELSG/DOMH __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___ *************************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. **************************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
