Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 15:46:04 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Network load balancing hardware ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008031543160.497-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <NCBBKBDOOHHEJCJHLLPAGEOHHKAA.ler@lerctr.org>
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On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Larry Rosenman wrote: > Yes, they can. Okay, can you point me at any docs on this that confirm that? I've printed off everything I can find to give to the boss, but haven't been able to find anything that talks about actual configuration. I just checked through teh FAQs on Foundry's site, and can't find anything that looks appropriate ... Thanks ... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of The Hermit > Hacker > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 1:36 PM > To: Alfred Perlstein > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Network load balancing hardware ... > > > On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > * The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> [000803 09:55] wrote: > > > > > > I need to find a piece of hardware, but for the life of me I can't think > > > of the name to search on at someplace like Google ... > > > > > > Basically, I need a box to sit in front of two boxes that handles > > > connections to those two boxes ... if one goes down, the 'frontend' > knows > > > and only sends requests to the other one ... > > > > > > Does anyone know *what* I'm talking about, and/or who sells such a > beast? > > > > http://www.alteonwebsystems.com/ > > http://www.coyotepoint.com/ > > http://www.foundrynet.com/ > > Anyone used any of these? I'm looking at the Foundry specs, and it comes > in an 8port model as their min. Can I config it so that the ports are > grouped? So that 4ports are assigned to http traffic, for instance, and > 4ports are assigned to imap/pop3? > > Am still reading through the docs, but figured maybe someone out there has > experience with these ... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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