[THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe

Thanks to everyone that helped.  As soon as we turned off NLB, our intranet
started running flawlessly.  Looks like I'll have to make a phone call
tomorrow. :)

-adamadz-

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Oglesby" <roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:09 AM
Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe


>
> Yeah. NLB is a waste if you have XPe. NLB's algorithm is very network
> centric and not even close's to Citrix's. You can publish apps from on a
> citrix box and make them available right that second and load blanaced
> across all three servers.=20
>
> Ron Oglesby
> Senior Technical Architect
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stansel, Paul [mailto:Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:25 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe
>
>
> Oh lord no... he took you for a ride.  XPe has it's own load balancing
> scheme.  NLB is not very beneficial in a Citrix XPe deployment.
>
> -Paul
>
> > ----------
> > From: adamadz[SMTP:adz@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Reply To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:28 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe
> >=20
> >=20
> > We hired a consultant to design/implement our Citrix Infrastructure,
> so
> > the
> > exact logic eludes me.  From what I remember him telling us, without
> it,
> > won't all initial requests coming from clients be directed to just one
> of
> > the Citrix boxes?  If it helps, we're also running Nfuse 1.7 and CSG.
> Is
> > this not the case?
> >=20
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Oglesby" <roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:28 AM
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: NLB & Xpe
> >=20
> >=20
> > >
> > > Ok. I have to ask. If you have XPE why are you using MS's NLB?
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron Oglesby
> > > Senior Technical Architect
> > > =3D20
> > > RapidApp
> > > Office 312.372.7188
> > > Mobile 312.961.2380
> > > email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > =3D20
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: adamadz [mailto:adz@xxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:07 AM
> > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [THIN] NLB & Xpe
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > We're having trouble with one of our applications.  Our intranet
> site
> > > will
> > > constantly lock up and time out when we try to access it through
> Citrix.
> > > With our current setup, we have three boxes running XPe using NLB.
> Our
> > > intranet site is also comprised of three servers that are using NLB
> > > (both in
> > > multicast mode and both are Win2k Advanced, SP3).  Only the first
> Citrix
> > > server in the cluster is capable of accessing our site without any
> > > problems.
> > > All configurations on the Citrix boxes are identical, so that's not
> the
> > > problem.  Also, if we change the order in which the Citrix boxes are
> > > clustered, then the first server will always be able to connect with
> no
> > > issue.  Has anyone else run across this?  Every other published
> > > application
> > > and desktop runs flawlessly.. Even regular web browsing works fine,
> its
> > > just
> > > our intranet site.  We've tried everything we can think of (cant
> touch
> > > the
> > > config on our intranet, a big no-no) short of putting the Citrix
> boxes
> > > on a
> > > separate subnet, which is what we've got planned for this week.  Any
> > > help
> > > would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > -adamadz-
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