ARR Tasks for IT Pros
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista
This topic lists the Application Request Routing (ARR) tasks that apply to IT professionals. For common ARR tasks that apply to IT professionals, shared hosters, content delivery network (CDN) environments, and edge caching network (ECN) environments, see ARR Common Tasks.
Request Routing Tasks for IT Pros
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Configure a load balance algorithm to identify which content server to use to service HTTP requests. |
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Configure a deployment architecture that includes a Web tier, an application server tier, and a data tier. |
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Launch and manage pilot or beta programs by using ARR to route specific users, traffic, and requests to the pilot site. |
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Deploy multiple ARR servers and Network Load Balancing (NLB) to achieve high availability and scalability. |
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Achieve High Availability and Scalability Using ARR and Hardware Load Balancer |
Deploy multiple ARR servers and hardware load balancers to achieve high availability and scalability. |
Disk Caching Tasks for IT Pros
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Configure the request consolidation feature to check cache-miss requests before you forward requests to the origin server. Configuring this feature supports live content requests. |
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Configure the segment size allowed for byte-range requests to help increase the cache hit/miss ratio. |
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Pre-cache content that will be in demand before the content is requested. |
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Manually override cache-control directives that control caching behavior, such as the ability to cache and cache duration. |