RE: Re: Kinda On Topic - network question

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

You could do several things, some very simple, some not so.

You could just use "Round-Robin" DNS to alternate the IP
addresses that
clients use to talk to the server.

You could use the WLBS (Windows Load Balancing Service)

There might very well be NIC teaming drivers supplied with a multi-port
card
which handle all of this in the driver, making it very easy, and
platform-independent....

Paul G.





>From: "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Kinda On Topic - network question
>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:12:23 +0100
>
>
>I was wondering about this as I have seen 4 port 100Mbits network cards
at
>NetShop - if you were to put one of these in a server (or several
single
>port 100Mbits cards) then how would you get the load to distribute
across
>them? Would it happen automatically or would you need some kind of
software
>to do load balancing because surely each port will have a different IP
>address?
>
>Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dr John Tankard [mailto:john@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 14 September 2001 09:14
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Kinda On Topic - network question
> >
> >
> > > > With a hub, the maximum throughput is determined by the
network
> > > speed (10 or
> > > > 100 Mbps). With a switch, the maximum _theoretical_
throughput is
> > > determined
> > > > by the network speed * number of switch ports / 2.
> > >
> > > Not quite - the maximum theoretical throughput of a given
switch is
> > > determined by the bandwidth of the switch backplane, the
internal bus
> > > which is used to route data between the switched ports.
> > >
> >
> > And since in most cases the traffic will be to a common computer
ie a
> > server you will have a fixed maximum unless you put multiple
network
> > cards in your server
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
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