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Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is>
Subject: Re: Load balancing for web servers
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Max Laier wrote:
> Have a look at: http://www.countersiege.com/doc/pfsync-carp/#big for one 
> idea.  All requirements (carp, pf and pfsync) are available in FreeBSD as 
> well.
>
>   

You can load balance with CARP, but AFAIK it only works on the local 
network segment, i.e. it wont work past a router.