OnBase can be deployed in a load-balanced virtualization environment, or server farm. Load balancing increases reliability by configuring a pool of servers that are capable of running users' applications. When a user launches a remote application, the virtualization environment load-balancing functionality selects the least busy server to execute the application. In a load-balanced environment, servers can be taken offline for maintenance without affecting application availability, and more servers can be added seamlessly to increase performance. Load balancing also eliminates a single point of failure and reduces downtime in case of server error.
When deploying OnBase in a load-balanced virtualization environment, differences in configuration must be considered. For example, user customizations to OnBase clients are not propagated between servers in a load-balanced server farm, unless OnBase is specifically configured for such an environment.
It is considered a best practice to configure your load-balanced virtualization environment to support a Remote Desktop Services Roaming Profile and a Mapped Home Folder.
After creating the server farm using your virtualization environment provider's documentation, configure each server identically to properly handle the following items specific to OnBase: