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Thomaskoetzing.de, May 2006
2X LoadBalancer - a great value - Michael Viehweg, writing for Mike-Tech.com describes 2X LoadBalancer as "all you could ask for in an add-on load balancing solution." The reviewer goes on to note that 2X LoadBalncer is, "Just about everything that 'out of the box' Terminal Services is missing related to load balancing. 2X can make Microsoft Terminal Services do things previously only done by an expensive application such as Citrix." Read the full review Mike-Tech.com, April 2006
MSTerminalServices.org, February 2006 Empfehlungen
Mike Janic,
Grant Cresswell
„Uns ging es dabei nicht so sehr um die eigentliche Lastverteilung, ... Für uns stand und steht die Ausfallsicherheit der Terminal Server im Vordergrund... Die Installation und Konfiguration des 2X LoadBalancers war erfreulich unspektakulär." Lesen Sie den ganzen Bericht.
Phil Stricker
Cambridgeshire Education ICT makes IT services available for up to 70,000 students in Cambridgeshire Schools and 20,000 staff/Governors across the county - including secure remote access for around 17,000 staff and students. This huge operation requires not only a major terminal server farm, but robust systems to manage and balance the load to ensure maximum uptime and consistent access to email, video conferencing and management systems 24/7. Read the full case study.
Cambridgeshire Education ICT
Mike Regan MCSE,
Pete Thoma
Charles Fisher "After testing different brands of software to load balance our Microsoft terminal servers, it was clear only one company had taken the time to properly develop a working solution; 2X. The install was straightforward, and the results as described in the install manual. I had two questions that were answered within an hour by Tech Support. Within 3 hours I had 6 Terminal servers fully load balanced, with the parameters I wanted, transparent to the users logging in to the system. This is no basic “round robin” balancing, but an actual intelligent process based on what my systems are doing. I also asked them what would happen in the near future when I virtualize my terminal servers; I was assured 2X that works hand in hand with VMWare ESX server; another reason for our purchase."
Gregory J. Ritz
Installation and configuration was a very simple process. Adding our farm of servers, setting up session reconnection and load balancing options and even configuring the redundant Loadbalancer server was a painless process. Since installing 2X Loadbalancer over a year ago we have had zero downtime on that server, with no Gateway-related interruptions in service or performance for any of our users. It just works. With extremely high reliability and stability, ease of installation and a very cost-effective and flexible licensing/pricing scheme I have no reservations about recommending 2X Loadbalancer as an effective solution for resource-based loadbalancing of any Terminal Server farm."
Adrian Hagan
Tommie Stewart
Version 5 supports grouping of servers, which makes dividing our server farms much easier. Also for testing purposes, it’s very easy to split a farm, so that testing can be done without interfering with a production farm. The new features of 2X LoadBalancer Version 5 makes administering our thousands of users really simple. We highly recommend this product. Jørn M. Stoveland
Matthew Johnson
We first evaluated Windows 2000 Server Advanced and utilized the load balancing feature of the operating system. We found the solution to be very expensive and "chatty". As our farm grew the cost to continue deploying Advanced Server strictly for load balancing could not be justified. I stumbled onto 2X LoadBalancer for Terminal Services/Citrix and thought for sure the item was too good to be true! We anticipated stability issues or perhaps that it wouldn't scale beyond a moderate amount of servers. To my surprise we have had no issues with our farm that we would hold 2X LoadBalancer responsible for. The product runs without being noticed... and that is what we were looking for. We wanted a solution that was transparent to the end user. 2X LoadBalancer has allowed us to meet that objective. I strongly recommend this solution to any administrator that is evaluating the big "C" as a very viable alternative from the perspective of load balancing and redundancy." Austin Henderson
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Session Management with 2X LoadBalancer - Thomas Koetzing of the popular SBC-Specialist and IT-Consultant site 
Scope, the Australian supporter of the disabled, has chosen a 2X solution to support its application publishing needs in its care facilities. As the largest provider of disabled services in Victoria, Australia, Scope serves between 6,000 and 7,000 disabled adults and children with over 80 care facilities throughout the province. The organization was faced with the challenge of consistently providing desktop application access to their 1,200 employees, using products varied as Microsoft Office Applications and Goldcare, a care management ERP system. Read the 
As a solution to Opera Australia’s network problems, Grant investigated load balancing solutions and eventually settled upon the 2X LoadBalancer, initially choosing it because of its low cost compared to other load balancing solutions. Grant installed the 2X LoadBalancer to six of his seven 32-bit terminal servers, leaving one server as a backup. All servers use Windows 2003 R2, without active virtualization platforms. Microsoft Terminal Services is still used as a partial solution, but is heavily supported by the 2X LoadBalancer, which Grant explains has helped convert very long wait times to "virtually nothing." Read the 
Krämer Pferdesport, Europas größtem Versandhaus für alles rund um den Pferdesport. Neben dem Versandhandel unterhält das seit 42 Jahren bestehende Unternehmen insgesamt 24 Filialen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Für die Hochverfügbarkeit der IT-Systeme sorgt der 2X LoadBalancer.
Education ICT service supporting 90,000 users chooses 2X Software to ensure network availability
"2X has given us a more flexible solution that offered several benefits. We no longer need session directory and therefore do not need to invest in Enterprise servers. The load balancing in 2X is much more efficient than NLB. We found the cost reduction in Microsoft Licenses more than offset the cost of the 2X product. In addition, a user now has fewer mouse clicks to get to their application, as the application appears to launch locally from their own desktop. When they reconnect they see a performance improvement also, and we see improved performance on the servers. We also no longer have users confused as to which desktop they were seeing, as the termserver desktop is not visible. It also allows us to restrict applications to certain security groups, whereas before 2X, anything that was in the start menu was available to all."
"We were looking for a solution that would allow us to utilize multiple Terminal Servers in a load balanced scenario. The solution needed to provide some redundancy as well as being cost effective. A Google search brought 2X LoadBalancer for Terminal Services/Citrix to our attention and I thought for sure it was too good to be true! We anticipated compatibility\stability issues due to our mixed environment of Windows 2000\2003 Std & Adv Terminal Servers. To my surprise we have had no issues with our 2X LoadBalancer terminal server farm. We have also implemented the 2X gateway to proxy in our external partners. The product runs without being noticed... and very easy to maintain and setup. We wanted a solution that was transparent to the end user with no additional client software to install. 2X LoadBalancer has allowed us to meet all of our objectives."
"The 2X LoadBalancer was the ideal solution for our Terminal Server environment. It was easy to set up and has been doing a great job of load balancing based off hardware resources."
"Here at Rona we have a mix of RDP and ICA thin clients spread across 4 provinces that connect to our growing farm of Terminal Servers. We wanted a load balancing solution that could transparently handle both protocols, was easy to install, and easy to maintain. The feature-set of 2X Loadbalancer as described on their website was impressive. It offered us a solution that included everything we needed, without the cumbersome options and expensive pre-requisites used in alternatives by the ‘big’ names.
"We needed a load balancing solution for our terminal server farm that was easy to use and manage. 2x was the correct choice for us. The installation and configuration was very straightforward and the functionality second to none without hurting our budget. We now have the ability to manage our server downtime without creating downtime for our users. I would recommend 2x to anyone that is looking for a better solution to manage there terminal servers."
Doorway is using 2X LoadBalancer to simplify deploying Remote Desktops to our end users internally and over the internet.
"2X LoadBalancer allows us to work smarter, not harder. It was simple, and did exactly what I needed it to do... And I would wager it works better than the Microsoft product."
"We were looking for a solution that would allow us to utilize multiple Terminal Servers in a load balanced scenario. The solution needed to provide some basic redundancy as well as being cost effective.
"Our company in the last few years has moved to Terminal Servers for use with our Production Systems. How to manage Load Balancing was the BIG question. After looking at all available products and solutions, I feel we made the right choice with the 2x LoadBalancer Solution. With 2X LoadBalancer, our time is not wasted on managing 1,000's of user connections and 100's of RDP sessions. In the future as our company grows and server counts rise, we'll continue to rely on the great products that 2x has to offer."