Adjusting the Load Distribution

By default, the incoming user load is equally distributed between all the Terminal Servers in the cluster. By modifying the port rules, however, you can adjust the balance of the servers. For each server you can define a particular load weight between 0 and 100. If you set a load weight of 0 for a server, it will not accept any connections. If you set any other weight, the server will receive a certain percentage of the incoming user load. The percentage is calculated using the following formula:

Suppose, for instance, that you have a two-server load-balanced cluster and you set server 1's load weight to 25 and ...

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