BizTalk configured in a two-center environment

Question

I had a question about setting up clustered BizTalk servers in both centers. We have a data center in southern California and Northern California. We want both BizTalk servers to work both in a two-center and in one place. If there is a problem with one of the data centers, then the other server will pick up work.

My question is, should we create one BizTalk cluster in each data center or create one Biztalk cluster that includes Biztalk servers from both the south and the north? Given our requirement that both of them work and do the same, what makes sense?

Thanks in advance!

Angela

Answer 1

For the servers to do the same thing you need, for the servers to be part of the same Biztalk cluster. These are Biztalk front-end servers that point to the same database.

Suppose you hosted a database in a North data center, and then if the South data center goes down, the north will continue. But if the North goes down, the South stops because there is no database. Then you need a strategy to deliver your database continuously, and then switch to a copy.

To get the above work, a lot of work. Then choosing a separate Biztalk cluster on each site makes more sense. But you need to configure some routing in such a way that what is added to one cluster is transferred to another.