From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 13 22:24:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA09355 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 May 1998 22:24:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.16.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA09345 for ; Wed, 13 May 1998 22:24:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from john (minbar-2-67.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.135.195]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.8.8) id AAA16690 for ; Thu, 14 May 1998 00:24:46 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <199805140024440448.02FAF632@mailgate.execpc.com> X-Mailer: Calypso Evaluation Version 2.40.41.04 Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:24:44 -0500 From: "Frank Pawlak" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Server Load Balancing -followup Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I posted this question yesterday, and Jamie was good enough to reply. Today, by pure chance I came across an article in the issues of Web Techniques www.webtechniques.com written by one of our own development team members, which explains round robin dns and the reverse proxy methods for load balancing. Thanks to all that replied. BTW, this might be an excellent resource to link to from The FreeBSD web page. Frank *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/12/98, at 8:07 PM, Jamie Lawrence wrote: >Round robbin DNS. > >-j > >At 07:50 PM 5/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >>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 >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message