Ahhh.... I'm solution oriented. Not vendor oriented. :-) If you have 80K seats to load balance, then "the big boys" are probably what you want/need: F5, Cisco ACE, Citrix NetScaler, etc.
If you have 2K seats to load balance, then Coyote Point / Kemp Technologies / Barracuda are more likely in your price range and meet your feature requirements. If you have 500 seats to load balance (for HA/FT normally), then NLB is probably OK. It all depends on the customer, the budget, and the application requirements. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network Load Balancing question ( Windows 2003 R2) The way I read it was, Mr. Shaikh likes the F5 and wondered why it was lumped with other lesser options. -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 5:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network Load Balancing question ( Windows 2003 R2) What, exactly, is the question you are asking? Or the point you are attempting to make? I have clients using F5 solutions today. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:jsha...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network Load Balancing question ( Windows 2003 R2) Hold on.. "NLB is just dumb load balancing. No different than an F5, CoyotePoint, whatever. It's just dumber because it has no application awareness. " When was the last time you tried F5? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
