Load-balancing on Scholars Portal servers

From the scholarsportal list:

Take a look at this posting for information on how we are setting up load-balanced “front-end” server for Scholars Portal Search to get ready for the autumn “crush”.   The posting will give you a heads up on what this will mean for your library users.

http://www.scholarsportal.info/spot-news/?p=102

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Upcoming Scholars Portal system outage August 20

Due
to building electrical maintenance activities, which will necessitate a
complete power shutdown, access to all Scholars Portal services will be
unavailable between 03:00-23:59 Sunday, August 20, 2006. 

http://www.scholarsportal.info/spot-news/?p=95

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