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Date:      Tue, 12 May 1998 21:11:05 -0500
From:      "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Server Load Balancing -re-posted
Message-ID:  <199805122111050677.0028B88F@mailgate.execpc.com>

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Sorry for the re-post of my question, but am re-posting due to the
enlightenment brought upon me by our mail guru Greg Lehey.  I had no Idea
the this mailer was not word wrapping, and beg a thousand pardons for
posting illegible questions.  Thanks Greg, I seldom send mail to my self,
except on long rainy weekends, so I had no way of knowing.

Here is the question.

Hello all,

I have a question regarding Internet server load balancing.

The client wants to build a redundant Linux Internet solution.  I am trying
to convince them to go with FreeBSD.

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


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