Content related to High Availability
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This blog post is the first of a new column we're doing called "Hey Brian!" We got this idea because whenever I give a speech, a lot of people come up to me to ask questions. They always say things like, "I've always wanted to ask...
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Brian Madden
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February 03, 2009
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Like many features of Windows Server, the TS Session Broker is a "platform" feature that provides basic functionality, but Microsoft wrote it in such a way that it's highly extensible. To that end, the Microsoft Terminal Server team has started blogging about the various ways that the Session Broker can be extended....
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Brian Madden
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September 26, 2008
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This is a video of a breakout session from BriForum 2008 , presented by Thorsten Rood. Session Description: Starting with Windows Server 2008, terminal services load balancing has become an integral part of platform functionality. Although the concept...
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Brian Madden
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June 16, 2008
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Kemp Technologies announced today that the newest software update for their entire line of load balancing appliances will make them all "RDP-aware," meaning that they can intelligently load balance between Terminal Servers and/or integrate with Session Directory....
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Brian Madden
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February 06, 2008
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Citrix introduced new "load throttling" rules in Presentation Server 4.5. This article looks at what those rules do and how they work, beginning with the evolution of why they're needed in the first place....
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Brian Madden
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May 04, 2007
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In this article, Yuri Haak discusses the various network adapter teaming options and what makes sense in Terminal Server and Citrix environments. Though it's written for HP servers, the same concepts apply to any server brand....
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Yuri Haak
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April 19, 2006
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This is a video of a breakout session from BriForum 2006. Session Description: In this session, Claudio Rodrigues will walk you through the various load-balancing options for pure terminal server environments, including hardware, software, and built-in...
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Brian Madden
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April 10, 2006
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Citrix's Web Interface is a popular way for users to connect to their ICA applications running on Citrix Presentation Servers. Unfortunately, if a Web Interface server fails then users lose access to their applications. The good news is that you have several options when it comes to load-balancing these two servers, and some of your options are free and easy to set up!...
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Brian Madden
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November 29, 2005
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This is the true story of a Citrix administrator's worst day on the job. It's about how the loss of five Citrix servers in his environment brought the remaining twelve down, why the default load evaluator is to blame, and how you can prevent it from happening in your environment. By Ron Oglesby...
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Ron Oglesby
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December 09, 2004
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The Session Directory feature built-in to Windows Server 2003 helps users find their disconnected sessions in multi-server pure Windows 2003 environments. This article looks at the Session Directory, how it works, how to configure it, and how you can make it fault-tolerant....
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Brian Madden
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November 30, 2004
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A lot of people have recently asked me how to configure load-balancing in pure Terminal Server environments. This is a topic that Ron and I covered in our Terminal Server book, so I've pulled out that section for this article....
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Brian Madden
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November 29, 2004
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A year ago, Gabe Knuth and I wrote our first server-based computing software roundup that included a head-to-head comparison of Citrix MetaFrame, Terminal Server, Tarantella (New Moon), Jetro, and DAT Panther. We've just updated the article and the feature matrix, and we've also added coverage of Ericom WebConnect and HOBlink....
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Brian Madden
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August 08, 2004
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This presentation by Ron Oglesby takes a hard look at what Terminal Services on Windows 2003 really does and where it falls short. Ron originally gave this presentation at CUG Tech 2004 in Norway....
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Ron Oglesby
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April 28, 2004
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This technique, developed by Ken Smith and written up by Scott Chiara, allows administrators of large Citrix MetaFrame farms to easily move servers from an online to an offline state with the ability to centrally see which servers are in which state.
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Scott Chiara
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March 26, 2004
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Similar to Citrix's Secure Gateway, WTS Gateway Pro adds RDP-based gateway functionality to Terminal Servers running on Windows 2000 or 2003....
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Brian Madden
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November 11, 2003
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This presentation describes the various options for configuring Citrix MetaFrame XP to failover to secondary datacenters. I originally gave this presentation at CUG Tech 2003....
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Brian Madden
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October 29, 2003
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This presentation closely follows the product shootout that Gabe Knuth and I put together a few months ago. We talk about the limitations of Terminal Server and when you truly need third-party tools...
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Brian Madden
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October 29, 2003
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In pure Terminal Server environments, people will be better off building quad-processor servers that can each support 300-500 users instead of blades or 1U servers that can only support 50-200 users....
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Brian Madden
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August 11, 2003
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Now that Microsoft's RDP protocol included in Windows Server 2003 has
basically the same functionality as Citrix's ICA protocol, a lot of people are
beginning to think about how to load-balance multiple Terminal Servers when
Citrix MetaFrame is not used....
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Brian Madden
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August 05, 2003
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