I currently have three 2008R2 RDSH virtual servers, clustered & using NLB. They've been extremely stable and performance has been good. I need to replace this with a 2012R2 cluster.
As I'm reading about the Connection Broker service in 2012R2, I'm not really sure why I'd want to use it instead of just sticking to NLB?
To avoid a single point of failure, I'd have to add a second Connection Broker server, and that would require a connection to our SQL server. It seems like it complicates our environment without really buying us anything.
I could see going that route if I had 10 or 20 RDSH servers in a farm, but even three is overkill for us. Any thoughts as to why I'd want to rely on the Connection Brokers instead of just sticking with NLB?
