WIndows load balancing

[jonks]

When running WLBS can i force the traffic through one box only rather than having the traffic balanced on both.

Is there a way to put a priority one of the boxes

Thanks in advance

 

[ShackDaddy]

When WLBS is active for both nodes, you can control it by issuing WLBS commands:

keep a node from accepting new connections -> WLBS DRAINSTOP
keep a node from servicing any connections -> WLBS STOP

You can use these to increase or decrease traffic to a given server in the event that you either want to test load or give a server some relief. You could do a WLBS DRAINSTOP on one server and after a while all the traffic would be on the other servers in the WLBS cluster.

Setting the 'host priority' parameter won't keep a host from servicing connections, but will dictate which server picks up a connection if both servers already have the same number of connections.

ShackDaddy