I don't know anything about loadbalancer.org (I'll go take a look later), but the appliances from either Kemp or Coyote Point work just fine and you don't have to do anything with RPC ports. I have both widely deployed with clients. (I've also got expensive ones deployed - but for "most" companies, Kemp and Coyote Point will work just fine.)
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? I'm doing some background digging/reading with a view to adding a second Exchange 2010 server at some point and moving from a single MB/HT/CAS to two boxes. Is there any pro/con in fronting it with a pair of boxes running Windows NLB vs. a load balancer virtual appliance such as one from loadbalancer.org or Kemp? >From the documentation on the loadbalancer.org product it seems you have to >make some changes to the RPC ports that the servers use, not that that is >necessarily a problem. I'm open to both options but would prefer not to take on another two servers - I'm just trying to understand what some of the gotcha's might be before diving in and changing anything. Thanks, Paul ________________________________ MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
