It is going to be for a web based reporting tool. The software is call
HiMark. On the server it does some processing of data and then inputs the
data into an Oracle database on one of our Unix machines connected through
ODBC. End users would connect to these W2K machines through a web browser
(IIS is running on the two machines) to use the application to create
reports.
>From an IIS perspective I can see that all that would be needed is load
balancing, but I am not sure if the ALL data is in the database or if the
application keeps some of the information locally (pointers that tell the
user requests where to find the data in the database). So, I am not sure if
the two W2K machines need to be mirrored or not.
I'll have to find that out.
Is there a way to mirror two machines without a common disk array?
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 10:20 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: RE: Load Balancing in Adv Server
Exactly, the F5's will do that.
What are you going to be using these server for? SQL, File/Print, WWW?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kalligonis, Tim
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 6:42 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: RE: Load Balancing in Adv Server
Good info all..thanks. So, I guess I should have asked if I should use
Clustering or Load balancing. In the articles I found it seems as though
MS uses Load balancing and clustering interchangeable. I guess that is
not the case. NLB is what I was messing around with in the network
properties. I can see how this could work with a web server farm, but
we would use out F5 Big IPs for that. Is there anything native to W2K
that would cluster? Where can I find that? Also, with clustering, is
there any way to cluster without having a common disk array between the
servers and still have the servers mirror each other?
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:39 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: RE: Load Balancing in Adv Server
No. Two separate services.
A cluster would typically be two boxes with a shared disk array. For
things like SQL.
NLB would be two or more machines sharing/balancing a load between them.
Each with their own drive/data array. Good example would be a load
balanced web server farm where you have a few web servers, each with
identical data on them.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin Miller
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:05 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: RE: Load Balancing in Adv Server
Advanced server Load balancing is not Cluster service? It more a round
robin Name method. Of having more then one server answer to the same
name, for load balancing and fall over. You don't get the fall over of
unplug one server and the sessions are moved to another server. you
unplug in LB and those sessions are gone.
At least that is what I have seen.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ed Esgro
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:04 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: RE: Load Balancing in Adv Server
not sure about your gui tool, but technet has tons of articles and white
papers on cluster services. (exchange, sql, whatever)
-----Original Message-----
From: Kalligonis, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:29 PM
To: NT 2000 Discussions
Subject: Load Balancing in Adv Server
I am testing Load Balancing for the first time on two W2K Advanced
servers to see if it is something we can use. I have it working and have
used the wlbs.exe command to "look" at the cluster, but is there a GUI
tool or any other tools at all for clustering?
Also, does any one know of any good Q articles on Cluster?
Thanks in advanced.
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