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How does load balancing and session state configuration work?
Load Balancing And Session State Configuration are techniques for the Application Administrator to divide or distribute the workload evenly across various servers. When multiple servers use this type of environment it is known as Web Farms. So basically farming helps in avoiding overload on…
What happens when load balancer goes off in web farm?
In a Web Farm scenario, even if one of the servers stop working or crashes, the application will still work or respond, since other servers are still working, so the only point at which your application can go down is when the Load Balancer goes off.
How to configure a report server on a network load balancing?
If you integrate Reporting Services with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Office SharePoint Server 2007, or you host your reports in a custom Web application, you might need to configure only the UrlRoot property. In this case, configure the UrlRoot property to be the URL of the SharePoint site or Web application.
How to automate web.config transformation in Visual Studio?
There are two ways to automate the process of changing Web.config file settings: Web.config transformations and Web Deploy parameters. A Web.config transformation file contains XML markup that specifies how to change the Web.config file when it is deployed.
Why do you need a load balancer in a data center?
Load balancing is a key component of a Data Center application that facilitates high availability and scalability of your application. Data Center does not include a load balancing solution, so you will need to select and configure one that best fits your environment.
What kind of server do I need for a load balancer?
Software load balancers should run on dedicated machines. For both software and hardware solutions, the load balancer should be connected to the application cluster using a high-speed LAN connection to ensure high bandwidth and low latency. Popular software load balancers include HAProxy, Apache, and Nginx.
Why are sticky sessions used in load balancing?
To use Sticky Sessions we configure the load balancer to send the request for a specific session to the server that has served the first request. This can create a problem in the Load Balanced environment because it may be possible with Sticky Sessions that some of the servers are fully loaded and some are actually free at that time.