ARR Common Tasks
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista
This topic lists the Application Request Routing (ARR) tasks that apply to IT professionals, shared hosters, content delivery network (CDN) environments, and edge caching network (ECN) environments.
General Tasks
Task | Description |
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Install Application Request Routing Version 2 and its dependent modules. |
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Review best practices and deployment recommendations for Application Request Routing. |
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Define and configure a logical group of application servers to route incoming HTTP requests. |
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Configure parameters to use in live traffic and specific URL tests to determine the health of content servers. |
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Use IIS Manager to view runtime statistics. |
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Rotate servers in your server farm by making the servers available or unavailable to receive incoming traffic. |
Disk Caching Tasks
Task | Description |
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Configure primary cache drives and a secondary network-based cache drive to use for caching content. |
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Use IIS Manager to browse cached content from multiple drives, including cached directories and files. |
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Remove cached contents from primary and secondary cache drives by using several methods. |
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Configure ARR to compress and store objects in a disk-based cache so that these objects do not have to be compressed in real time for every request. |
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Configure tracing rules to troubleshoot and diagnose failed requests. |
See Also
Concepts
ARR Tasks for IT Pros
ARR Tasks for Shared Hosters
ARR Tasks for ECNs and CDNs