how to create setup to host 2 or 3 web servers ?

[scott]

Hi,

Im running IIS on windows 2000 pro. I need to add 1 or 2 additional web
servers to this setup and am trying to understand how to deal with the
traffic.

Currently the windows 2000 pro sits of a router. My plan was to and a
windows 2000 server running IIS between the router and this 2000 pro
machine. By doing this i was hoping to achive the following:

1. Share this single fixed IP amoung several web servers.
2. Allow net access to intranet on 2000 pro machine behind the 2000 server.
3. Provide the infastructre to hook in more servers as required behind the
2000 server.
4. Host web apps on the 2000 server.

My questions:
-Is this the way to do it ?
-Should the windows 2000 server run IIS at all or should it just route
traffic ?

Thanks for any advice.
Scott.

 

[BobC]

Hi,

Im running IIS on windows 2000 pro. I need to add 1 or 2 additional web
servers to this setup and am trying to understand how to deal with the
traffic.

Currently the windows 2000 pro sits of a router. My plan was to and a
windows 2000 server running IIS between the router and this 2000 pro
machine. By doing this i was hoping to achive the following:

1. Share this single fixed IP amoung several web servers.
2. Allow net access to intranet on 2000 pro machine behind the 2000 server.
3. Provide the infastructre to hook in more servers as required behind the
2000 server.
4. Host web apps on the 2000 server.

My questions:
-Is this the way to do it ?
-Should the windows 2000 server run IIS at all or should it just route
traffic ?

Thanks for any advice.
Scott.

I'm not certain of what you want to do but it sounds like you want to host
multiple sites all serving web pages and responding to their own names. And
it sounds like you want to do this by adding computers (servers) to the
mix.

An alternative to adding computers is to add virtual hosts. Check out a web
server such as Apache and configure the virtual hosts. You then can serve
many sites from a single IP Address (or multiple IP Addresses depending on
whether or not you set up name based or IP Address based virtual hosting)
and a single computer. And each will have their own name. They will be
accessed in thre form http://www.yourname1.com, http://www.yourname2.com,
etc.

Sorry if I did not understand your requirement and this suggestion is off
base.

 

[scott]

Hi,

Thanks for the response and sorry for any ambiguity.

Im simply trying to provide the infrastructure to host multiple servers on
the same IP. We are developing SQL based applications as well as hosting
existing intranet services. By having the ability to host multiple servers
I can protect the existing setup, plug in additional development servers as
when require, remove them again, add more etc.....

I thought that I would need a machine in front of the existing setup in
order to provide routing to additional machines behind it as and when they
are required.

I guess Apache could do that but i dont have much experience in setting it
up. How easy would it be ?

If I was using windows 2000 server how could I set this up ?

Again, sorry if this explanation is not spot on but im not an expert - yet
: )

Thanks
Scott.