Home > IT Answers > Networking > Windows NLB vs.Citrix Netscalers – 3rd party network load balancing
Zzackw
20 pts.
 Windows NLB vs.Citrix Netscalers – 3rd party network load balancing
Citrix Netscalers, Netscaler, NLB, Windows NLB, Windows Server 2003
I am familiar with using Windows NLB to load balance http traffic between multiple web servers on Server 2003. My question is, how many web servers is a reasonable enough number to implement a Netscaler to load balance traffic? We are about to go from hosting 80 websites to about 130 so I'm wondering if a netscaler solution is more advantageous than NLB?

Software/Hardware used:
ASKED: February 3, 2009  8:31 PM
UPDATED: November 9, 2012  7:21 PM
RELATED QUESTIONS
Answer Wiki:
NLB is not truly scalable compared to a dedicated load balancing solution like a Netscaler, Radware, or F5. I strongly suggest you move away from NLB to an enterprise load balancing solution.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  November 9, 2012  7:21 pm  by  Michael Tidmarsh   11,395 pts.
All Answer Wiki Contributors:  Michael Tidmarsh   11,395 pts. , Aguacer0   8,120 pts.
To see all answers submitted to the Answer Wiki: View Answer History.


RSS - Discussions Help
Discuss This Question:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _