Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:08:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@snafu.adept.org> To: Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> Cc: Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net>, Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>, Mitch Vincent <cygone@zoomnet.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Loadbalance webservers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908111659460.1268-100000@snafu.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <874si63v3o.fsf@Thanatos.Shenton.Org>
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On 11 Aug 1999, Chris Shenton wrote: > Yeah, I think worse is that the clients (IE, NS) cache the record > forever, regardless of the TTL. If the server at the address dies you > have to stop and restart the browser. Yech. Yes, this is definately not crescent fresh (uh, not good). That's why I prefer the fresh and cool spiffiness of Foundry Network's ServerIron's... point your DNS to a 'virtual server's' public IP (one IP... never changes... no client restarts) which rotates among multiple internal IPs (implementing your choice of load balancing techniques and providing downed host detection, etc.). A lot of clients use these, even more than those with f5's stuff, and they tout their praises all the day long. I'm also starting to suggest these to friends... Something one must always be cautious about. ;) If you're trying to be creative or cut costs, then there's room for debate... If you just want something that works well, and is pretty darned fast to boot, try a ServerIron (I think there's even 'trial' packages available)... 'Gosh, it sure is swell.' :) -Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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