From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 23:35:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7695F16A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:35:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from seven.Alameda.net (seven.alameda.net [64.81.53.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D44043D39 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:35:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ulf@Alameda.net) Received: by seven.Alameda.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E0EFD3A206; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:35:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:35:47 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050314233547.GN13396@seven.alameda.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Suggestion wanted in regards to Loadbalancer/SSL Offloader X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:35:48 -0000 Hello, everyone. The place I work currently uses pairs of Alteon AD3 and Alteon iSD100 to do load balancing and SSL offloading. Both devices haven't been manufactored for like 3+ years and software upgrades have been very rare too. In addition with our configuration size (150KB) the iSD100 can not be upgraded without removing the config first and then restoring it, so causing much longer downtime. We use two more sets of AD3/iSD100 for our failover site and our development enviroment and a single AD3/iSD100 for low level testing (IT/OS level). Because of the lack of support from Nortel for these devices, I decided to look around for a new set of hardware. Currently have one device from Coyote Point here (E450, waiting still for the SSL card). Initial impression are rather negative, even it is FreeBSD based. The Alteon devices are appliances without moving parts such as harddisks. The Coyote Point uses a 80GB ide drive. Although ntpd is included in their install of FreeBSD, they do not seem to use it anywhere. There are other things, which made me look around for yet other devices. I am currently trying to look at Redlinenetworks and Netscaler and so I would like to ask the community for feedback on any loadbalancer/SSL offloader they are using. Any traffic we do is http and https based, on the front end mostly on port 80 and 443, but we also have some http/https based webservices running on other ports. On the frontend we have currently some 110 virtual servers but only 7 real servers on the back. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://seven.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html