Re: Basic Newby Questions

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"Hooopla" <cymru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If we decided to link both webservers together for fault tolerance, do we.

- need a domain.

No.

- need a specific version of windows 2003 server ( we were thinking on
getting web edition )

Any version of Windows Server 2003 supports NLB, so yes, Web Edition is fine
for your webservers.

- require any specific hardware/software for the installation.

Preferrably two network adapters and use unicast for your NLB nics.

- require the database server to be clustered into the system as well or
can this sit outside the 2 webservers cluster?

Databases use server clustering (MSCS) not NLB.

in terms of network load balancing is this purly something that is done
Per system or can i configure the cluster to load balance?

In NLB, the LB stands for load balancing. <G>


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