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13th July 09:17
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Hi All, i have a single server with tw networks cards in it.....
my question is - can i use network load balancing to ease the congestion and if so how do i go about setting t up - as it stans at the moment both network cards are on the same IP range and subnet and both have static ip addresses on them..... i would just like to know my options as i cannot use "teaming" with these two cards... Thanks for any help in advance Jason |
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13th July 09:17
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No, Jason, you do need two or more physical servers to configure NLB...from
the Q&A here: Network Load Balancing: Frequently Asked Questions for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/nlbfaq.mspx Q. Can NLB Be Used Instead of NIC Teaming Software to Provide Adapter Fault Tolerance or Increase Throughput? A. No, NLB cannot be used to team adapters (grouping adapter ports together). NLB is used strictly to load balance traffic among multiple hosts in a load-balanced cluster Hope this helps, --Ryan -- Ryan Sokolowski MVP - Windows Server - Clustering MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP Clustering101.com - Coming Soon! This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. |
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13th July 09:18
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As Ryan stated you will need at least two servers for a NLB Cluster. Even
if you setup a NLB and each server has two NICS, you would have one NIC for normal network traffic and the other dedicated to NLB traffic. Your gain would would come in because idealy half the traffic coming in to the application would be split across both your nodes... Travis ___________________________ Travis R Weeks Senior Directory Services ****yst Cox Communications, Inc Atlanta, GA |
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13th July 09:18
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Actually, NLB traffic travels over the NLB interface. The separate network
is meant more as a management network so that nodes can talk to each other and outside systems can be used to perform AV scans and other management/maintenance tasks on a node one at a time. -- Russ Kaufmann MVP - Windows Server - Clustering ClusterHelp.com, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner Web http://www.clusterhelp.com Blog http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp |
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13th July 09:18
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I guess on a NLB setup I think of "normal network traffic" as management
related traffic since most any other traffic coming into the cluster would be targeting the NLB and would use the NLB interface. NLB's are admittedly not my strong suite though... ___________________________ Travis R Weeks Senior Directory Services ****yst Cox Communications, Inc Atlanta, GA |
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