We are planning a large CRM implementation and I can't
find any information on load balancing CRM application
servers. I would like to setup 2 CRM app servers behind
a cisco load balancer, both app servers would use the
same SQL server backend. Any information on if this will
be a problem is appreciated.

Hi Robbie,

This is a supported config which a lot of our customers are currently live
on. I think you will find the information you are looking for in the
Deployment Guide on your documentation CD.
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Alex Simons
Director of Program Management
Microsoft CRM
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"Robbie" <robbie.marquis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Robbie,

Up until recently MS was saying the a true load-balanced implementation of the
web servers was not supported. however, they have not indicated that you can
safely implement the application using either hardware or software load
balancing.

The installation instructions are covered in the IG as this is no differnt the
installing 2 seperate app servers pointing to the same DB. The IG will not
cover the actual load balancing configuration though. That part is up to you.
To be safe, try to configur the load balancing to route all requests for a
session to the same server (sticky-IP). It will help minimize the potential for
problems.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:38:06 -0700, "Robbie" <robbie.marquis@gmail.com> wrote:

We are planning a large CRM implementation and I can't
find any information on load balancing CRM application
servers. I would like to setup 2 CRM app servers behind
a cisco load balancer, both app servers would use the
same SQL server backend. Any information on if this will
be a problem is appreciated.