Date: 26 Jul 2001 09:21:44 +0930 From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx> To: Fabrizio Ravazzini <freefabri@yahoo.it> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mail Toaster CLUSTER Message-ID: <996105104.11859.83.camel@percible.alfred.cx> In-Reply-To: <20010725112323.20541.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20010725112323.20541.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 25 Jul 2001 13:23:23 +0200, Fabrizio Ravazzini wrote: [ ... ] > Is it possible with FreeBSD to make a "cluster" of two > machines (ix86) that when one goes down for some fault > the other takes care of the service so that Mail is > still available? You'll need some load-balancing software with failover mechanisms to make that work. I believe balance (http://balance.sourceforge.net) has the required capabilities, as do many commercial routers etc. I've not heard much in the way of phyical clustering with FreeBSD. - andrew -- void signature () { cout << "Andrew Reid -- andrew.reid@plug.cx" << endl ; cout << "Cell: +61 401 946 813" << endl; cout << "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur" << endl; } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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