Network Load Balancing (NLB): is it suitable for "stateful" ASP.NET applications?

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Hi everybody,

I have posted the following question concerning ASP.NET web farms.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1816756/how-to-create-an-asp-net-web-farm/

Guys recommended using Network Load Balancing (NLB) as a primary way of creating a web farm.

However, Wikipedia says that "NLBS is intended for ... stateless applications". Our web application, however, is absolutely "stateful": it is a closed site to which users will have access by login and password, and information for every user will be different: people will see their own trades and operations.

Should we still use NLB in this scenario?

Thank you.

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