[SASAG] load-balancing equipment

[Phil Cordier]

But, does not provide stateful failover, as does OpenBSD and CARP with 
pfsync.

Joe Sauer wrote:
> http://keepalived.org/
>
> works great! 
>
>
> On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 17:53 -0700, Cere Davis wrote:
>   
>> I would just use the OpenBSD packet filter.  You can do
>> clustering/failover between routers (lod balancers) using the pfsync
>> stuff in OpenBSD.  Not sure about keeping track of up and down
>> machines but I am almost sure  you could script this in given the open
>> API  OBSD's modified tcpdump binary that contains the traffic tags
>> from the bridge interface.  Hardware wise, there's the Big IP stuff
>> from F-5.  I have no experience with the hardware but use the OpenBSD
>> packet filter and love it. 
>>
>> -Cere
>>
>> On 7/22/06, Robin Battey <zanfur at zanfur.com> wrote:
>>         I have need for a load balancer that can handle per-connection
>>         load
>>         balancing for 5000 or so simultaneous connections balanced
>>         across 120 or
>>         so machines, at a throughput rate of around
>>         2Gbps.  Automatically keeping
>>         track of which machines are up and which are down is a
>>         must.  Bonus points
>>         if they can be clustered.
>>         
>>         Does anyone have any recommendations for hardware that does
>>         this?
>>         Anyone have any warnings about what *not* to use? 
>>         
>>         Cheers!
>>         -robin
>>         
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