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  • Administrator's Guide
  • NCache Architecture
    • Cache Topologies
    • Cache Cluster
    • Local Cache
    • Cache Client
    • Client Cache
    • Data Load Balancing
    • Cache Server Backward Compatibility
    • Client Backward Compatibility
    • Eviction
    • Indexing
    • Runtime Data Sharing
    • Portable Data Types
    • Class Versioning
    • IP Binding with Multiple NICs
    • Graceful Node Down
    • Separate Cache Host Process
    • Self Healing Dynamic Clustering
  • Configuring Caches
    • Create Cache
      • Creating Local Cache
        • Create New Cache
        • Add Existing Cache
      • Creating Clustered Cache
        • Create New Cache Cluster
        • Add Existing Cache Cluster
    • Remove Cache
    • Clear Cache Contents
    • Adding Server Node in Cache Cluster
    • Removing Server Node from Cache Cluster
    • Configuring Basic Cache Settings
      • Cache Size
      • Cache Isolation Levels
      • Cache Data Expiration
      • Cache Data Format
    • Configuring Cache Cluster Settings
      • Ports
      • Operation Timeout
      • Static Replication Interval
      • Connection Retries
      • Retry Interval
    • Add Test Data to Cache
    • Deploy Providers
    • Configuring Query Indexes
    • Registering Classes for Compact Serialization
      • Registering Non-Generic Classes
      • Unregistering Non-Generic Classes
      • Registering Generic Classes
      • Registering Generic Classes Using Generic Type Handler
    • Registering Classes for Portable Data Sharing
    • Configuring Data Source Providers
      • Read-Through Provider
      • Write-Through Provider
      • Write-Through Provider for Write-Behind Operations
    • Configuring Cache Startup Loader
    • Configuring Cache Level Events
    • Configuring Cache Activity Events
    • Configuring Eviction Policy
    • Configuring Compression
    • Configuring Email Notifications
    • Binding Cluster and Client/Server IP with Multiple NICs
      • Binding Cluster with a Dedicated IP
      • Binding Client/Server with a Dedicated IP
    • Configuring Heartbeat
    • Configuring MapReduce
    • Configuring Communication Reliability
    • Auto Start Cache on Boot
    • Nagling
    • Dual Socket
    • Error Logging
    • Configuration Files
      • Client Side Configurations
        • Client Config
        • EFCaching Config
      • Server Side Configurations
        • Cache Config
        • Bridge Config
        • Security Config
      • Cache Server Configuration
  • Management Operations
    • Start Cache
    • Stop Cache
    • Restart Cache
    • Manage Cache Service on a Server Node
    • Apply Configuration
    • Hot Apply Configuration
    • Reset Configuration
    • Data Load Balancing
  • Configuring Cache Clients
    • Adding Client Node in Cluster
    • Removing Client Node from Cluster
    • Configuring Client Node Settings
    • Creating Client Cache
    • Enable Client Cache on Client Nodes
    • Disable Client Cache on Client Nodes
    • Removing Client Cache
    • Configuring Client Cache Settings
  • Configuring Security
    • Configuring Security for Cache Management
    • Configuring Security for Cache
    • Configuring Security for Client Nodes
    • Configuring Encryption for Cache
    • Configure SSL/TLS Encryption in NCache
  • Configuring Bridge for WAN Replication
    • Creating Clustered Bridge
    • Adding Clustered Caches to Bridge
    • Configuring Bridge Settings
    • Configuring Conflict Resolver
    • Changing Cache Syncronization Modes
    • Configuring Master Cache
    • Force State Transfer
    • Connect/Disconnect Cache in Bridge
    • Remove Cache from Bridge
    • Bridge Management
  • NCache on Docker
    • Using NCache Docker Images
    • Customize NCache Dockerfile
  • Monitoring NCache
    • Cache Counters
    • Monitoring Caches using NCache Manager
      • Changing Management Port of Cache Node
      • Configuring Counters to Display
      • Browse Cache Statistics
      • Cluster Health
      • Monitoring Cache Clusters using NCache Email Alerts
    • Monitoring Caches using NCache Monitor
      • Monitoring with Built-In Dashboard
      • Monitoring with Custom Dashboard
    • Monitoring Bridge using NCache Manager
    • Monitoring NCache using Windows PerfMon Tool
      • Monitoring Cache Server Counters Using PerfMon
      • Monitoring Cache Client Counters Using PerfMon
      • Monitoring Bridge Counters Using PerfMon
    • Logging in NCache
      • NCache Log Viewer
      • NCache Monitor Logging
      • Performance Counters Logging
      • Windows Event Logging
      • Email Notifications on NCache Events
      • Cache Server Logging
      • Client Side API Logging
      • Cache Event IDs
    • Troubleshooting NCache Monitoring
      • Computer Name Not Found
      • Diskperf Not Installed
      • No READ Access to the Perflib Subkeys
      • Unable to Connect to Remote Server
    • IPV6 Support
  • Upgrading NCache Versions
    • Live Upgrade NCache Version
    • Upgrade NCache Version Offline
  • Apply Windows Patches on NCache Server

IP Binding with Multiple NICs

Note

This feature is only available in NCache Enterprise Edition.

By using multiple Network Interface Cards (NICs), you can distribute your network load and thus increase bandwidth throughput. NCache, being a network intensive solution, allows configuring dual NICs, thereby distributing network load of communication on two NICs which enhance overall performance.

NCache involves two kinds of network communication in a database cluster:

  • Communication between server nodes within a cluster (cluster communication).
  • Communication between client and server (client-server communication).

Different NIC cards can be configured for each type of network communication in NCache. One NIC can be dedicated for cluster communication inside the cluster, while the other can be reserved only for client-to-server communication. This way, network load for communication is distributed on two NICs and resources will be utilized more efficiently, increasing overall performance and bandwidth throughput.

NCache detects all NICs on a server node and allows you to choose any one of them. If you have two NICs available on a server, it is highly recommended to use both NICs to enhance NCache communication. NCache will start utilizing both NICs on the servers, once dual NIC interface is configured.

Once the NICs have been configured, the changes are replicated in the Alachsioft.NCache.Service.exe.config file in %NCHOME%/bin/service before NCache service is restarted:

  • BindToClusterIP is specified for cluster-wide (server-to-server) communication.
  • BindToClientServerIP tells NCache which interface to use for client communication with the server.

By default, both client-server and inter cluster communication take place on the IP that is available as BindToClientServerIP.

Important

If one node is part of multiple clusters, note that any IP changed will be reflected on all clusters and the configuration file will be updated accordingly.

You can configure multiple NICs for NCache either through NCache Manager or manually update NCache Service configuration file for this purpose.

Note

Command line tools provided by NCache communicate with NCache server on BindToClusterIP.

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