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 What is Network Load Balancing and it should be configured?
Network Load Balancing, Network Load Balancing cluster, NLB cluster
What is NLB and it should be configured? Please tell me from the basic. It will be helpful for me. Thanks Boney

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ASKED: May 21, 2009  1:14 PM
UPDATED: May 21, 2009  2:30 PM
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Have a look at the following pages, which offer some information about NLB: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Load_Balancing">Network Load Balancing</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Load_Balancing_Services">Network Load Balancing Services</a> <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759510.aspx">Network Load Balancing Clusters</a> -----------------------------
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Note that network load balancing is not the same as teaming NIC’s. Teaming NIC’s and switch ports will increase the available bandwidth to/from a host by the aggregate of the total NIC and switch port capacity. So, two 1000Mbps NIC’s (and switch ports) teamed will give 2000Mbps total capacity.

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