Based on this it looks possible: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742455.aspx
You will need to make sure that you set the client affinity correctly for the midtier and arservers. It looks like you will be missing out on some commonly used features of a load balancer since the MS Network Load Balancer looks to all be layer 3: - OSI layer 7 capabilities (cookie manipulation, ssl offloading, etc.) - health check capabilities are very limited (cluster node heartbeat) - SNAT capabilities, where needed If you want those capabilities, there are other options available: http://haproxy.1wt.eu/ http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/software/ktcpvs/ktcpvs.html http://www.apsis.ch/pound/ Axton Grams On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Tobias Ziegler <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > Hi listers,**** > > ** ** > > we plan to implement ITSM 7.6.04 with 3 Midtier servers and an AR-Server > Group of 2 AR Servers.**** > > As we do not have a hardware loadbalancer available we try to figure out > if software loadbalancing is a possibility.**** > > Do you have experience with Microsoft NLB in an ITSM environment? Does it > work without any problems? Or do you alternatively prefer a specific > product of Vmware virtual loadbalancing appliance?**** > > ** ** > > I would be happy about any comments.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > Tobi**** > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
