RE: [IMail Forum] IMAIL 6.03 How do I Config to load balance behind a Cisco 6509

[John David M. Miller]

Sandy,   I re-read your original post and must admit that I found it confusing. Why would you need to segment your accounts? From a fault tolerance standpoint this would not appear to work. Regarding the use of multiple SQL tables, would this allow multiple SQL servers to use the same database? I was under the impression that SQL did not allow this. I am also under the impression that a SQL cluster (MS version) is active passive and provides failover only?   Your second post appears to clarify to a degree through the addition of the unmentioned pieces from your first post.       You wrote: "Yes, you *can* have just one exposed IP address -- this is the default behavior with HydraWEB, Radware, etc."   This caught my eye.   Does this require that every account be created in duplicate across the servers that make up the farm. In my proposed scenario each IMail server points to the same SQL server (individual, cluster, or LB farm) for authentication. Each server also points to the same NAS for data (message) storage.   From what I have seen in IMail it appears that only the domain itself would need to be created on each farm member. From there SQL would define the accounts and any server could retrieve the data from the shared NAS. Persistent connection would be maintained via the L4 switch.   Is this accurate? It getting late and I am getting foggy. ;-)   TIA   John Miller SAMnet   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sanford Whiteman Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMAIL 6.03 How do I Config to load balance behind a Cisco 6509