From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 12 17:50:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA09294 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 12 May 1998 17:50:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.16.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA09279 for ; Tue, 12 May 1998 17:50:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from john (honoghr-26.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.87.154]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.8.8) id TAA07738 for ; Tue, 12 May 1998 19:50:16 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <199805121950160042.002AC954@mailgate.execpc.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Calypso Evaluation Version 2.40.41.04 Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 19:50:16 -0500 From: "Frank Pawlak" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Server Load Balancing Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id RAA09283 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello all, I have a question that I think will require a server load balancing configuration. The client wants to use Linux, but am trying to convince them to use FreeBSD. I am not sure how to design this setup to achieve the desired results. The client wants to build a redundant Linux Internet solution. It is an auction site that is currently running on one server. They want to build a second one. They do not want the new machine sitting around waiting for the primary to fail (which eliminates mirroring). They want some sort of load balancing when both machines are up. They want the ability to take a machine off-line for maintenance without affecting on-line users. If one of the machines would experience a failure, they want the other one to automatically absorb the additional load. Any ideas on how this can be implemented? Thanks in advance. Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message