High availability for Windows Service under Windows Server 2003

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Published on 2010-05-27T10:12:48Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 10:21 UTC
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Hi.

I have a following situation:

I need to deploy a windows service that listens for incoming request on tcp port (basically WCF service). I have a High Availability requirement - the service must be deployed on two servers and if the service stops (only the service, not the whole server) on one server, all the requests must be redirected to the second one. For me it looks like a basic failover scenario.

How can I achieve this on Windows Server 2003? Should I use Microsoft Cluster Service or Network Load Balancing? The important part is that the process of swapping the servers should not concern the clients (the client must see only single address / single host or domain name).

Thanks in advance for help.

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