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Question : NLB/NIC Teaming/DNS Round Robin
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I would like to know when should I use one of the following methods: NLB/NIC Teaming/DNS Round Robin
It sounds to me that they do the same thing. Thanks
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Answer : NLB/NIC Teaming/DNS Round Robin
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Yes, that's somehow what it amounts to, only that you won't use the TCP/IP properties to define clustered IP, but the NLB Management Console (during and after the creation of the NLB cluster). In short: - NIC teamig load balances NICs, with failover (different physical NICs behind a single virtual NIC as seen from the OS) - NLB load balances network traffic between servers, with failover (different servers behind a single IP address as seen by the network clients) - DNS round robin "load balances" IP addresses, without failover (different IP addresses behind a single FQDN as seen by the network clients)
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