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When deciding how many UMS Servers and UMS Load Balancers you need, simply counting your endpoint devices is not enough. Most importantly, you have to analyze the entire network environment as well as the other circumstances within your workplace. See (12.04.120-en_orig) Installation and Sizing Guidelines for IGEL UMS as well as (12.04.120-en_orig) IGEL UMS Sizing Guidelines & Architecture Diagrams and contact your IGEL reseller to get counsel. |
UMS Server & UMS Load Balancer Are Installed on the Same Host Machine
The most common scenario when deploying UMS High Availability is to install the UMS Server and UMS Load Balancer on the same host machine. Both the UMS Server and the UMS Load Balancer offer redundancy and are installed on two servers. The database is ideally designed as a cluster.
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The installation on the same host machine is suitable if
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In this configuration, each of the two servers can also perform the tasks as a UMS Server alone. If both servers are active at the same time, this has a load-distributing effect. Note, however, that the load balancer generates extra load along with the actual UMS Server.
UMS Server & UMS Load Balancer are Installed on Separate Host Machines
If you need to manage a very large number of devices and/or do not want the server resources to be shared between the load balancer and the UMS Server, the installation on separate hosts should be considered.
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The installation of the load balancer on a separate host machine is
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In the smallest typical configuration, queries from the devices are passed on to the UMS Servers by both load balancers. If one of the load balancers should fail, the other remains available and assumes responsibility for communications alone. A great number of UMS Servers could overload a single load balancer, which would then become itself a bottleneck. Therefore, there are provisions for no more than three UMS Servers in this configuration. For very large installations with more than three UMS Servers, the number of load balancers should be increased accordingly.
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