Determining the Correct Clustering Technology
For either of the Windows Server 2012 fault-tolerant clustering technologies to be most effective, administrators must carefully choose which technology and configuration best fits their application or service requirements. NLB is best suited to provide connectivity to TCP/IP-based services such as Remote Desktop Services, web-based roles, VPN services, streaming media, and proxy services. NLB is easily scalable, and the number of clients that can be supported is based on the number of clients a single NLB cluster node can support multiplied by the number of nodes in the cluster. Windows Server 2012 failover clusters provide system failover functionality for mission-critical applications, such as ...
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