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Hi Kevin,<br />
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I'm by know means an expert when it comes to development but depending on how your application is written it may work. &nbsp;Take a look at the following blog that refers to ASP.NET sesssion state modes. &nbsp;<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/paraga/archive/2005/12/10/502345.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.msdn.com/paraga/archive/2005/12/10/502345.aspx</a><br />
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Brian
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Hi Kevin,

I'm by know means an expert when it comes to development but depending on how your application is written it may work.  Take a look at the following blog that refers to ASP.NET sesssion state modes.  http://blogs.msdn.com/paraga/archive/2005/12/10/502345.aspx [http://blogs.msdn.com/paraga/archive/2005/12/10/502345.aspx]

Brian

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ok - so, no one has really answered my question. &nbsp;I've read that the &quot;stickiness&quot; with native Windows NLB isn't very good and I should rely on a hardware load balancing switch instead of Windows OS NLB.<br />
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We are using single affinity, and I am runinng a smaller application in production to test to see how well NLB does (or doesnt) work with session affinity.
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ok - so, no one has really answered my question.  I've read that the "stickiness" with native Windows NLB isn't very good and I should rely on a hardware load balancing switch instead of Windows OS NLB.

We are using single affinity, and I am runinng a smaller application in production to test to see how well NLB does (or doesnt) work with session affinity.

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Can someone help with this? &nbsp;<br />
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I have a webserver and the some of the apps hosts on this server use session variables. &nbsp;Will NLB work if we are using session variables in the web apps? &nbsp;I've read that the &quot;stickiness&quot; with native Windows NLB isn't very good and I should rely on a hardware load balancing switch instead.<br />
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I know I can use clustering, but that is a bit more expensive, and I would rather not have to deal with the complexities of clustering, if I can avoid it. &nbsp;Plus, there is the issue of licensing for Windows Enterprise.<br />
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Thanks!
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Can someone help with this?  

I have a webserver and the some of the apps hosts on this server use session variables.  Will NLB work if we are using session variables in the web apps?  I've read that the "stickiness" with native Windows NLB isn't very good and I should rely on a hardware load balancing switch instead.

I know I can use clustering, but that is a bit more expensive, and I would rather not have to deal with the complexities of clustering, if I can avoid it.  Plus, there is the issue of licensing for Windows Enterprise.

Thanks!

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