I have 5 Dell blade servers that run our company application. Each of the servers run Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and each are running Terminal Services. I am trying to figure out how to distribute a single point for users to enter the system. What I don't want to do is designate users to a certain server. Does Microsoft have any software or built-in services that could handle such a task? -- Paul Miller IT Project Manager Hydradyne Hydraulics
Yes. Check this white paper: Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/sessiond irectory.mspx _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ =?Utf-8?B?UE1ASHlkcmFkeW5l?= wrote on 26 jan 2006 in microsoft.public.windowsnt.terminalserver.misc: > I have 5 Dell blade servers that run our company application. > Each of the servers run Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and each > are running Terminal Services. I am trying to figure out how to > distribute a single point for users to enter the system. What I > don't want to do is designate users to a certain server. Does > Microsoft have any software or built-in services that could > handle such a task?
It was exactly what I was looking for. It is now up and running perfectly to specs. Thank you very much. -- Paul Miller IT Project Manager Hydradyne Hydraulics "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote: > Yes. Check this white paper: > > Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/sessiond > irectory.mspx > _________________________________________________________ > Vera Noest > MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server > TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net > SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net > ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ > > =?Utf-8?B?UE1ASHlkcmFkeW5l?= wrote on 26 > jan 2006 in microsoft.public.windowsnt.terminalserver.misc: > > > I have 5 Dell blade servers that run our company application. > > Each of the servers run Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and each > > are running Terminal Services. I am trying to figure out how to > > distribute a single point for users to enter the system. What I > > don't want to do is designate users to a certain server. Does > > Microsoft have any software or built-in services that could > > handle such a task? >
You're welcome, Paul! _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net SQL troubleshooting: http://sql.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ =?Utf-8?B?UE1ASHlkcmFkeW5l?= wrote on 30 jan 2006 in microsoft.public.windowsnt.terminalserver.misc: > It was exactly what I was looking for. It is now up and running > perfectly to specs. Thank you very much.
To my knowledge (as limited as it may/or may not/ be) You are asking to perform load balancing. With Microsoft, I believe the only way to do this is through Clustering. I found this page that might be a little helpful to read: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/default.mspx and http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/nlbfaq.mspx You have other options which can do this also. There are third party load balancers our there like : http://www.f5.com/ http://products.nortel.com/go/product_content.jsp?segId=0&parId=0&prod_id=25080&locale=en-US http://www.foundrynet.com/ And pretty much anything else that does layer 4-7 switching. I have used the clustering in the past. Haven't tried it with Enterprise server 2003, but in the past, Clustering was a little cumbersome and un-forgiving. I am sure they have made leaps and bounds of improvement because there really wasn't any way to go from the first release :) Also, if you want, you can look at Citrix MetaFrame w/ loadbalancing. That gets just as expensive though. HTH... Les
