Re: Folks questioning MS NLB

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"Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" <rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Personally, I would choice hardware over software any day.
>
> But it really depends on what you are using it for. SPS hate NLB, ISA 2004
> loves it. Websites can go either way and performance might be better with
> hardware.

SPS with SSL hates hardware, but only because you have to put the actual
certificates on the individual nodes.

In most cases, I prefer hardware for load balancing so long as it can also
provide SSL acceleration.


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