NLB and IIS

I would like to use NLB with a web farm I currently maintain. My
question is how does the NLB service decide which server to place
each
client or request. My understanding of IIS6 is that each request
made
by a client is treated a new request and not an extension of the
previous request.

Basically if i search through the browser everyone who lives in "Los
Angeles" and if i get 15 pages of content every time I click "Next"
to
see the next page a different server could be handeling the request.
Is this the case or can NLB tie a remote client session to a specific
server in the farm and all requests are only handeled by that server
(for a period of time)? Any feedback would be appreciated.


(I ask because my application currently does not remember the user
state... if a different server handles the request when I click
"Next" the entire search will be reset and I will be looking at
everyone as opposed to my search criteria).

Re: NLB and IIS

Inside the NLB setting, ensure you set it to single affinty, meaning session
stickyness.
If a client established a connection with 1 specific node, with the
configuration - it will stick to that one host until that particular session
end.

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Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis.net/
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/


"Damian Stalls" wrote in message
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>I would like to use NLB with a web farm I currently maintain. My
> question is how does the NLB service decide which server to place
> each
> client or request. My understanding of IIS6 is that each request
> made
> by a client is treated a new request and not an extension of the
> previous request.
>
> Basically if i search through the browser everyone who lives in "Los
> Angeles" and if i get 15 pages of content every time I click "Next"
> to
> see the next page a different server could be handeling the request.
> Is this the case or can NLB tie a remote client session to a specific
> server in the farm and all requests are only handeled by that server
> (for a period of time)? Any feedback would be appreciated.
>
>
> (I ask because my application currently does not remember the user
> state... if a different server handles the request when I click
> "Next" the entire search will be reset and I will be looking at
> everyone as opposed to my search criteria).
>

Re: NLB and IIS

What defines a session start and ending point?

Re: NLB and IIS

When the request first came in to the node, IIS establishes a session with
the requestor.

it end when a) session timeout, b) iis service restart, c) manually ending
the sessions, e.g. logoff, etc

--
Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis.net/
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/


"Damian Stalls" wrote in message
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> What defines a session start and ending point?
>