Read down my lines!

Regards!

2011/6/28 [email protected] <[email protected]>:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I currently am running (unfortunately) a Microsoft NLB cluster which is of
> course causing some severe network performance issues on my companies
> corporate maintained switch (which they are not very happy about).
>
>
>
> I was looking to possibly get rid of the NLB and replace it with a
> zenloadbalancer configuration.  My question is that obviously this is based
> on a linux core, has it been tested as a frontend for IIS web servers ?
>

Yes, and no problem Zen load balancer works with any TCP service (IIS
work with HTTP[S] that works over TCP)

>
>
> And secondly , if I setup the cluster configuration, what traffic will be
> produced on the front channel that potentially could cause network issues

inappreciable

> (specifically unicast or multicast traffic that could storm the switch).

unicast but it is normal. How clients connect with  tcp services  like http?

> >From what I read it shouldn’t cause any issues, and it looks like if I run
> a x-over cable between the two it can use that to keep in touch and only 1
> device is ever active, but I wanted to ask before I start down this road
> what impacts I might see.
>

With zen load balancer cluster: it is recommended use other nic, but
if your hardware only have one, there is no problem, the data over
cluster is minimal, icmp connections and some Kbs for file
configuration replications, you can use for this  dedicated cluster
interface a cross over cable with no problem, and the cluster data
information will not  be send over your switches
About tcp data, there is no date replicated on your network, clients
connect with zen and zen connect with iis servers, on data return iis
send the information to zen, and zen to clients.

Other members of the list can tell  your experience with zen and http services.

For zen is indifferent that you use iis, apache or other application,
if this works over tcp protocol

Feel free for test zen with your IIS configuration and report us your doubts



>
>
> I have run Linux-HA in the past but only on a segregated network and only
> for SSH so the traffic was very minimal and thus I wouldn’t have seen any
> issues like potentially here on the http cluster.
>
>
>
> Any comments/suggestions ?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Dave
>
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