Contents tagged with arr
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An ARR tip: how to add multiple servers that are in fact the same
I've noticed that some customers use Application Request Routing (ARR) to load balance between multiple sites that run on the same Windows/IIS instance. For example, ARR may be listening on port 80, and it load balances the requests between 3 sites that listen on port 8080, 8081 and 8082 on the same ARR server.
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How to install Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.5 without Web Platform Installer (WebPI)
Note: The content of this post is outdated. Please refer to the new post at http://blogs.iis.net/erez/archive/2013/11/27/installing-arr-manually-without-webpi.aspx for updated info and links.
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Application Request Routing and Proxy Chain
It is pretty common to run ARR as a proxy behind another proxy in a corporate environment and I've been asked how ARR can be configured in such an environment. This practice is also known as "proxy chaining" where one proxy is "chained" to another proxy.
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Why is Application Request Routing Version 2.5 available only via Web Platform Installer?
Within hours of Application Request Routing Version 2.5 release (see announcement here), I've been asked why ARRv2.5 is available only via WebPI.
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Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) Version 2.5 has been released.
Overview:
Application Request Routing v2.5 improves the performance and the scalability of ARR in its disk caching scenarios. In addition to fully incorporating the enhancements described in KB 2406763, it includes additional optimizations to balance the use of memory and disk caching. The use of this release is especially recommended to those who are extensively using the disk caching features in ARR. -
Application Request Routing: Benefits of caching
As you know, ARRv2 RC was released a few weeks ago. (To learn more about ARRv2, click here. Download x64 or x86.) With ARRv2 RC, ARR now has two cache tiers, kernel memory cache and disk cache. I think people in general understand the benefits of caching (reduced latency, reduction in bandwidth consumption, etc) but recently, a customer who has deployed ARRv2 RC in production sent me the following data. The customer is using ARR as a reverse proxy to load balance the requests to several content servers.
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Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) Version 2 RC for IIS7 has been released.
Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) Version 2 RC for IIS7 has been released.
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ARR and MaximumASP
As you may know, Application Request Routing (ARR) has a host name affinity feature that is designed specifically for hosters to use to maximize the available resources across their environment. More info on host name affinity and hosting can be found here and here.
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Pre-caching contents using Application Request Routing (ARR) and Search Engine Optimizer (SEO)
Application Request Routing (ARR) Version 2 includes support for disk caching capabilities which effectively allows ARR to be used as a cache proxy. ARRv2 also includes management of cache hierarchy so that it can be used to build a network of cache servers, as in Content Delivery Network (CDN) or Edge Caching Network (ECN).
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Application Request Routing Version 2 in action.
As you know, in Application Request Routing Version 2, the focus is around enabling ARR as a cache proxy in CDN/ECN environment. We had our first beta release in March 09 and the currently available release for supporting this scenario is ARRv2 Beta 2 (Released in July 09 and more info can be found here.)
