Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:17:12 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de> To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: High Availability FreeBSD www cluster Message-ID: <20080807100821.U1526@klein.bigpond.com> In-Reply-To: <4899D194.6000804@optiksecurite.com> References: <4898065A.5080008@powerzone.net.au> <4899C919.1060903@passagen.se><4899D194.6000804@optiksecurite.com>
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Hi, Michael Christie wrote: > I want to cluster some freeBSD servers, The purpose of this is to learn. > I would like to run some basic services like www and mail on a test > network. I would like to set up the servers so if one server falls over > the other will take over the services automatically, load balanceing would > be good as well. I have googled, I could be looking in the wrong place , > there seems not to be much in regard to seting up freebsd in a cluster, > lots on linux. I have looked at the High Availability Linux project , I > see on the front page that it will run on freebsd. > > So I am a bit lost and i am wanting to learn how to cluster freebsd web > and mail servers, I have looked at Beowulf clusters, which seem to give > computers more grunt, Can some on on the list please advise me on what > clustering softwhere i need to get started and if the High Availability > Linux project softwhere will do the job. pound (/usr/ports/www/pound) can be used on HTTP(S) level. >From pkg-descr: The Pound program is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end for Web server(s). Pound was developed to enable distributing load among several Web-servers, and to allow for a convenient SSL wrapper for those Web servers that do not offer it natively. Pound is distributed under the GPL - no warranty, it's free to use, copy and give away. WWW: http://www.apsis.ch/pound/ - Anders Nordby <anders@FreeBSD.org> Regards Peter
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