From owner-freebsd-net Mon Mar 22 8:41:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE9F1528D for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:41:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA60607; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:40:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: mike@seidata.com Cc: Julian Elischer , Christopher Sedore , "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: clustering/load balancing In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 Mar 1999 02:50:37 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:40:33 -0500 Message-ID: <60603.922120833@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org mike@seidata.com wrote in message ID : > Well... I've looked at a lot of clustering technology, reverse > proxying, etc. and find it ammusing how the SPF is typically just > 'shifted around' rather than eliminated. > > Heh... SPF will drive you to drinking... Orange Juice, at least. > > Later, Most load balancing solutions have some sort of hot-failover between redundant switches. Alteons GigE host adapters even have failover between cards (unfortunately done in software). (anyone know of a FastEther NIC with failover?) Combine that with HSRP'd routers and diverse fiber paths and you're coming pretty damned close to not having a SPoF Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message