Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:40:07 +0200 From: Sven.Huster@t-online.de (Sven Huster) To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: high availability by routing? Message-ID: <20001026174007.A70522@venus.system7.de> In-Reply-To: <13ok7k-1u9WtMC@fwd05.sul.t-online.com>; from Sven.Huster@t-online.de on Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:19:00AM %2B0000 References: <13ok7k-1u9WtMC@fwd05.sul.t-online.com>
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hi sorry, but i should go into more detail. all my machines will be run freebsd, also the routers. so if i setup some kind of dynamic routing on _all_ machines, will there be something like high availability or not? thanks sven > hi there, > > at the moment i have following setup: > > |isp| --- |my router| -- |switch| -- |loadbalancer| -- |web farm| > > i want to improve availability by adding a second loadbalancer and > a second router + a second connection to my network provider to > eliminate the single point of failure (i know about the single > switch). > > so the setup then will be: > > | | -- |router 1| -- | | -- |loadbalancer 1| -- | | > |isp| |switch| |web farm| > | | -- |router 2| -- | | -- |loadbalancer 2| -- | | > > but > 1. how is routing managed between isp and my routers? > 2. what happends if one router fails or one isp connection is broken? > 3. how does the loadbalancer recongnizes that one router fails? > 4. how do i tell my routers to distribute traffic between the > loadbalancers equal? > 5. how can i handle the failure of one loadbalancer? > > maybe i will extend the setup with another connection to a other isp. > 6. how will this fit in my environment? > > thanks a lot > regards > Sven > > -- > Sven Huster > Consultant - *BSD, Linux, Solaris > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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