Load balancing

Sitefinity can run in a load balanced environment. You use a load balanced environment to increase scalability and improve performance.

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Sitefinity supports Network Load Balancing and Web Farm Framework. Use the following procedures to configure the scenario:

• Using Network Load Balancing
  You use Network Load Balancing (NLB) on Windows Server 2008 to combine the resources of more than one computer in one cluster. NLB distributes incoming client requests across the hosts in the cluster. This way you enhance the scalability and availability of server applications and increase your servers’ performance.
• Setting up a web farm
  The Microsoft Web Farm Framework 2.0 for IIS 7 helps you manage multiple servers. You use it to create group of servers, which you can then easily provision, scale, and manage.
• Configuring Sitefinity for load balancing
  After you have configured Network Load Balancing or created a web farm, you must configure Sitefinity to work in a load balanced environment.

  IMPORTANT: You must complete this procedure for all types of load balancing solution, including software and hardware.