How To Set Up Windows Media Services with Windows Load Balance

ID: Q248986

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Media Services versions 4.0, 4.1

SUMMARY

To balance the load on multiple Windows Media servers you can use the Windows NT Load Balance Service (WLBS).

MORE INFORMATION

When using WLBS to balance the load among several Windows Media servers, it is recommended that you turn on affinity for each of the protocols used by Windows Media for unicast streaming. The following filter settings are recommended:

HTTP Streaming

Port Range: 80 to 80

Protocol: TCP

Filtering Mode: Multiple Hosts

Affinity: Single or Class C

For TCP and UDP (mmst and mmsu) Streaming

Port Range: 1755 to 1755

Protocol: Both

Filtering Mode: Multiple Hosts

Affinity: Single or Class C

Make sure that all computers are configured with the same WLBS settings. For more information on Windows Load Balance Service, see Windows NT Load Balancing Service (WLBS) Provides Higher Scalability and Improved Fault Tolerance.

It is not recommended to use Microsoft Cluster Server to provide high availability with Windows Media Services. WLBS is the preferred method of providing high availability.

Additional query words: netshow wms cluster

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Version : :4.0,4.1
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Issue type : kbinfo