Broker goes on a separate box. With R2 you can cluster the gateway and broker systems so you don't have a single point of failure (I think pre R2 you couldn't cluster the broker). The broker can't be a Session Host though (the role needs to be installed, but published apps don't go on it).
My clients hit the gateway web access box, and from there they hit the broker and it load balances to the session host systems. 5 servers, three of them SH's. Funny timing - today is the day my RDS farm gets its first production use (up to 12 folks currently on the way to an estimated 80 or so) and it's cool to watch the RDS farm and each new session is connecting to a different SH server like clockwork, User1 hits Server1, User2 = Server2, User3 = Server3, User4=Server1, etc... although I think at some point the broker also sees which server is actually the busiest and doesn't just count active sessions.. http://fixmyitsystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/buildng-rds-load-balanced-farm-with-rd.html http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2010/10/15/remote-desktop-connection-broker-scalability-testing-results.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772245.aspx Ping me off list of you want, since I just went through building my RDS farm and have URL's and checklists all over the place.. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 5:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RDP Load Balancing Session Load balancing How are you accomplishing this Folks, I have a new system setup which they are looking to get more available and eliminate a single point of failure in the connection to Windows 2008 Terminal Services Servers. Each server runs the same application pointed to the backend system as a logged on account ( why the application works), therefore Would just the installation of the Terminal Session Broker Load Balancing feature need to be loaded? ( I am wondering if this should be installed on one of the TS servers existing, or on a separate host. Also from a client prespective, using RDP ( 6.1) would the users connect to the TS Session Broker Server and that would load balance the connect to 1 of the 4 TS Servers that are loading the application? Some insight from those using this in Win2k8 would be appreciated. Sincerely, EZ Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:[email protected] Cell:401-639-3505 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- 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 ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
