Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 15:54:13 -0700 (PDT) From: The 13th Disciple <ctaylor@kiwi.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cluster Solution for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104071553510.1080-100000@trogon.kiwi.net> In-Reply-To: <20010406200342.R75859-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
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Foundry, Foundry, Foundry. On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Benjamin Flom wrote: > > >We are looking to setup a failover option and a load balancing otion > >using the servers that are in place. At this point we have loaded > >identical configurations on 3 machines. If one of the machines gets > >overloaded, we would like to off some of the processing or connection > >handling to one of the others. If one of the machines goes down we would > >like to have the broken box fail over, and have the other machines pick > >up the load. Ideally, we could add machines to and remove machines from > >the cluster as needed. The ability to maintain this configuration over a > >WAN would be of value as well. Is there any known way to do this, any > >direction we should follow, or is it just a pipe dream? > > I notice you're getting lots of software answers. Personally something > this complex and important to your operation I'd put your machines > behind a hardware load balancer. It will save time and subsequently > money in the long run. > > -- > Brandon D. Valentine <bandix@looksharp.net> > > This message is encrypted with ROT-26. Any attempt to circumvent this > encryption is expressly prohibited under 17 USC 512. Violators may be > prosecuted. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > Christopher H. Taylor E-Architect / Software Developer <http://athen.kiwi.net/>; "I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest." -- Alexandre Dumas (fils) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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