New ASP.Net application Cluster?

Hello,
Looking at a server configuration for a new ASP.Net and Web Services
application. The SQL backend will be a failover setup but the IIS for .Net
is causing some issue. Server load is not a great concern however this app
can never go down. It appears that the failover for IIS is strong
discouraged and NLB is being pushed big. That is fine and I have a general
under standing of the NLB and have set one up under 2k. The developers are
worried about application state for the web app and services. The new server
will all be running 2003 Ent Edition. Will NLB handle the session state
information and when can I get the info?

Thanks
Jason

"Jason" <fowlerjp.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Hello,
 > Looking at a server configuration for a new ASP.Net and Web Services
 > application. The SQL backend will be a failover setup but the IIS for .Net
 > is causing some issue. Server load is not a great concern however this app
 > can never go down. It appears that the failover for IIS is strong
 > discouraged and NLB is being pushed big. That is fine and I have a general
 > under standing of the NLB and have set one up under 2k. The developers are
 > worried about application state for the web app and services. The new
server
 > will all be running 2003 Ent Edition. Will NLB handle the session state
 > information and when can I get the info?

You can either manage session state with ASP.NET or use Client Affinity in
NLB to route requests from the same IP to the same server.
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