What is Web Server Clustering ?
Web Server Clustering is where two or more web servers are configured to act as a single system. Web server clustering can improve the reliability and throughput of an Internet-based system. Troubleshooting and determining the root cause of problems also can be much simpler with web server clustering. However, clustering requires a great deal of technical knowledge if the system is to be properly set-up and maintained. Advantages of Web Server Clustering Clustering improves the reliability of Internet-based systems because it eliminates many of the single points of failure that are possible in a single web server system. For example, with web server clustering you could have two or more web servers supporting your Internet site. If one of the web servers fails your throughput might be impacted to some degree but the site would still be available on the second web server. In a single server system your site would be offline if this happened. The throughput of a system can be vastly impr
