That looks very Active/Active. Basically you are running resources on both nodes, as opposed to one node active and the other standing by. It's more usual to have only one...
I think you're both right. It's not an app login that authenticates once then gets on with it, it's desktop users firing SQL queries from Access or Excel (authentication once per...
Windows authentication seems MUCH slower to me. We're a mixed Novell/Microsoft site, primarily using Novell for directory services, printing, etc. and so our AD may not be optimal! Everything I...