<p>Can somebody point me to a resource that explains how to go about having 2+ IIS web server clustered (or Webfarm not sure what its called) ?</p>

<p>All I need is something basic, an overview how and where to start.
Can't seem to find anything...</p>

[{'answer_id': 18313, 'author': 'jm.', 'author_id': 814, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/814', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>This MSDN magazine article has a good overview of the technologies involved:</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc500561.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc500561.aspx</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 18315, 'author': 'Kev', 'author_id': 419, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/419', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>What you\'re after is called Load Balancing.</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/0baca8b1-73b9-4cd2-ab9c-654d88d05b4f.mspx?mfr=true" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/0baca8b1-73b9-4cd2-ab9c-654d88d05b4f.mspx?mfr=true</a></p>\n\n<p>There\'s a very good book on the topic:</p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Clustering-Balancing-Osborne-Networking/dp/0072226226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1219249588&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Clustering-Balancing-Osborne-Networking/dp/0072226226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1219249588&amp;sr=8-1</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 18323, 'author': 'Brian Lyttle', 'author_id': 636, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/636', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Microsoft have articles on TechNet about <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759613.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">clustering IIS using Network Load Balancing</a>. You can do this more simply than using special hardware load balancing. </p>\n\n<p>For hardware load balancing you place a device in front of the web servers and it manages the load. Each device is different so you would want to check the manufacturers guides and compatibility.</p>\n\n<p>You should also check that your application does not have problems with load balancing. The <a href="http://www.15seconds.com/issue/050929.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sticky session problem</a> is just one problem you should find out more about.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 3696145, 'author': 'andrewbadera', 'author_id': 25952, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/25952', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.iis.net/download/applicationrequestrouting" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.iis.net/download/applicationrequestrouting</a></p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.iis.net/download/webfarmframework" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.iis.net/download/webfarmframework</a></p>\n\n<p><a href="http://www.iis.net/download/webdeploy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.iis.net/download/webdeploy</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 49633961, 'author': 'Anastasios Selmani', 'author_id': 5550045, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5550045', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>A couple of good articles for those who are looking nowadays for information about <strong>Server Farms</strong> - <strong>Load Balancing</strong> and <strong>Application Request Rooting</strong> that I found and wanted to share are these: </p>\n\n<p>HTTP Load Balancing using Application Request Routing:\n<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/extensions/configuring-application-request-routing-arr/http-load-balancing-using-application-request-routing" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/extensions/configuring-application-request-routing-arr/http-load-balancing-using-application-request-routing</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Overview - Build a Web Farm with IIS Servers: <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/web-hosting/scenario-build-a-web-farm-with-iis-servers/overview-build-a-web-farm-with-iis-servers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/web-hosting/scenario-build-a-web-farm-with-iis-servers/overview-build-a-web-farm-with-iis-servers</a></p>\n'}]
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