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by todd 1 view

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I am looking for recommendations on different options for our web server needs. We are concerned about fault tolerance and load distribution. We are also considering the benefits of Co-Location. Any ideas of what have worked well would be greatlyappreciated. Also designs that have not well. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Todd Wheeler
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by russ werner

I have a NT4.0 Server at work, and a Win2000 Server at home. They both have run 24/7 for many months. Both run iis, ftp server, mail server, proxy server, and file server... I have had no hang ups, no blue screens. Work is a Dell deminsion pentium 667 with 256 megs, the home server is a Qbex Pentium 700 with 512 megs. I would not be as concerned about fault tolerence and load distribution as I would be with bandwith.
Two things a co-location gives you is 24/7 support and the co-location's bandwith ability. These are not always available when hosting from your site.

by mavrick

It sounds like Win2k/IIS5 maybe the best fit for your needs. As well as the usual FTP,WWW,SMTP services you get the benefit of NLBS. You can load balance your servers, they basicaly chat amongst themselves to see who is least busy. A cluster of six has worked best in my experience. You can also script it to remove a server from the cluster if a web service failure is detected. The drawback is they have to be on the same subnet, so you cannot configure this for multiple locations. Your only choice is a Global Server Load Balancing Switch. Foundry makes a good one, but I have never gotten that in depth with them.

Good luck

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