Hi Folks ,
We have multiple IIS 7.5 Server's with dozens of sites and application hosted. But all Server's are in standalone mode. We are planning to deploy them in load balance mode. I figured following methods can be implement to do so.
- NLB
- ARR
- NLB + ARR
- Windows Clustering (Not Recommended according to various Forums)
Starting With NLB
I have configured two nodes NLB cluster (For Testing) and it is so for working , i can browse node1 site , node2 site and when i manually down one of node it site browsed from other host. Its working for single site.
As i described that in production we have dozens of sites which are binded to either IP or Host header. In NLB dedicated IP assigned to Node1 and Node2 & Virtual IP assigned to Both nodes by NLB application.
Now My Questions
- Now how i can accomplish my bindings in NLB ? , Lets say i want to publish 10 sites with dedicated IP's and 10 Sites with Host header.
- In DNS , do i need to map Host records to Nodes or NLB Virtual IP ?
- IN IIS Site Binding, should i map a site with Node1 or Node2 IP or VIP
- Additionally i see that VIP is not appearing in IIS binding drop down list .
Please advise me the suitable solution for Site Bindings in case NLB.