If you have X(some number of servers) servers and one goes down, then
X-1 connections will be good. Only the Xth person will get stuck with
the bad server..
Matthew Soffen - Webmaster http://www.iso-ne.com/
ISO New England
1 Sullivan Road
Holyoke, MA 01040-2841
(413) 535 8167
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Boss - "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers."
Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX."
Boss - "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said
never mind."
- Dilbert -
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> ----------
> From: Jeremy Hansen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 1:38 PM
> To: Soffen, Matthew
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Load balancing for Linux?
>
>
> This won't help if a web server is down or network integrity is bad.
>
> -jeremy
>
> > You may just wish to use a round-robin DNS method to rotate between
> web
> > servers.
> >
> > (ie. Define multiple machines as www.somesite.com).
> >
> > To see what I mean, do an nslookup on www.microsoft.com
> >
> > Matthew Soffen - Webmaster http://www.iso-ne.com/
> >
> > ISO New England
> > 1 Sullivan Road
> > Holyoke, MA 01040-2841
> > (413) 535 8167
> > ==============================================
> > Boss - "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers."
> > Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX."
> > Boss - "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said
> > never mind."
> > - Dilbert -
> > ==============================================
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Jeremy Hansen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 10:55 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Load balancing for Linux?
> > >
> > > I'm looking for something that will provide load balancing
> features
> > > for
> > > web sites in Linux. Something with similar features of Firewall-1
> > > from
> > > Checkpoint software.
> > >
> > > I should be able to load balancing between 2 or more web servers
> > > depending
> > > on network integrity, shortest routes, and overall load.
> > >
> > > Anything like this exist?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > -jeremy
> > >
> > >
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