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failover cluster

The type of cluster that the Cluster service implements. Failover clusters are characterized by high availability. The failover cluster is one of two types of clusters provided by Microsoft Windows Clustering.

filtering mode

Part of a port rule specification that determines how inbound network traffic is distributed among ports.

host

Another name for a node. As used in the Network Load Balancing documentation, a host is a computer that runs an Internet server program or service. A cluster consists of multiple hosts connected over a local area network, which is in turn connected to the Internet.

host priority

A unique integer that identifies a particular node in the cluster. The node with the lowest priority handles all traffic not otherwise handled by the current set of port rules.

load

The amount of work being done by a node. In Network Load Balancing, load is measured as a raw number of connections.

load balancing

A technique for scaling performance by distributing requests across multiple nodes.

local connection

A situation where the provider client and the provider node happen to be the same computer system. This situation has nothing to do with whether an operation is considered a local operation or a remote operation.

See also remote connection and remote administration.

local operation

Any operation initiated by the Network Load Balancing provider that affects the provider node. The word "local" in this context means "local relative to the provider." A node will always respond to a local operation, regardless of its RemoteControlEnabled setting.

multiple-host filtering mode

A port rule setting in which multiple nodes handle a portion of the traffic flowing into the port range defined by the port rule.