Priyank, Software load balancer is not supported/certified in front of Oracle Apps 11i/R12 as it can't maintain session persistence (It is requirement in apps that request from one client always connect to same server till user session logout ) http://onlineappsdba.com/index.php/2006/12/20/oracle-apps-load-balancer-setup-for-http-server/ Atul Kumar +44-7525173921 http://teachmeoracle.com/forum --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Priyank Jain <mail2priyank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Priyank Jain <mail2priyank@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Need a solution for E-Business Loadbalancing without additional > hardware > To: ora-apps-dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 6:26 PM > Hi Guys, > > need some help with Oracle Apps load balancing issue. > > *Here is the detailed issue:* > > We want to implement 2 DMZ (external) nodes on E-Business > suite for external > customers using istore and configurator modules. > I have already created the DMZ servers and they are working > perfectly with > their own hostnames. > > I want to do load-balancing on these 2 nodes so that the > network traffic can > be distributed evenly between the two. Also, one of them > can act as a > failover. > I have checked all Advanced topologies but couldnt find any > that can work > for internet users and uses no hardware to do the > load-balancing. > > Can anyone suggest some software load-balancing technique > to resolve my > issue. > > > Thanks, > Priyank.