Specifications

Load Sharing Configuring FaxPress
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Load Sharing
Load sharing between FaxPress servers provides a way for a FaxPress to share its
outbound fax loads. In networks that have two or more FaxPress servers, a pair of
FaxPress servers can be configured to loadshare by configuring one as a slave to
the other.
You can configure a FaxPress server as a slave to only one master. Several slaves
may serve the same master, and a master may serve as a slave to another master.
The FaxPress installation software allows you to configure a FaxPress server as a
slave to another FaxPress server. Only the slave is configured – no special
procedure is needed for the master.
Load sharing can be used in either NT or NetWare environments. You may enable
the load sharing option in the installation software when you install the slave
server. Updating a FaxPress server installation to enable load sharing will not
affect the FaxPress’ current database.
The master and slave must be connected to the same full duplex network segment,
use the same network file server, and be installed with the same version of
software on the same volume. For NetWare 4.x and later, both FaxPress servers
must be installed in NDS mode.
When the slave server determines that it has available fax rasterization or modem
resources, it offers to share the load of the master by either rasterizing a job or
making a fax call. The master server reports the status of the job, and it load-shares
in the same manner it reports the status of local jobs.
Load Sharing Requirements
Note the following general load sharing requirements:
• FaxPress servers must be running the same version of FaxPress server
software.
• FaxPress servers must be configured to support the same network operating
system. When installed on NetWare 4.x or later file server, both FaxPress
servers must be installed under NDS.
• The master file server should have at least a Pentium II processor.