LVS - Load Balancer - Help

[VGS]

Hi,

I did not fully understand your setup . You can use pen 
(http://siag.nu/pen/ ) if you are looking for a load balancer for 
"simple" tcp based protocols such as http or smtp.

Regards,
Shinoj.


Paul Kozlenko wrote:

> Anyone,
> I am trying to configure a load balancer and I am running into a brick 
> wall.
>
> LVS seems to be the project that handles this but I keep running into 
> one snag. I am not sure if there is a way around it. My scenario is 
> that I have two devices that are like appliances (turn on and work - 
> no command prompt or other - just fill in the blank to make it do what 
> it was intended). All the documentation suggests that I need to setup 
> a loopback interface that points to the virtual IP on each of the real 
> servers.
>
> I would prefer to connect all devices (Real Server, Load Balancer and 
> Client) on the same network - i.e. 172.27.100.0. That is - the real 
> servers (appliances) and the clients do not have to change.
>
> The only Linux box in this whole thing is the load balancer. We have 
> already used Juniper load balancers at $15K each and from what I 
> understand, the only thing that needs to change using these is that 
> the client points to a virtual IP rather than the real IP of either 
> one of the real servers. The Juniper boxes work well, but the price of 
> these ... well ... if it can be avoided.
>
> I would like to accomplish the same thing.
>
> The best information I have found thus far is:
> http://www.austintek.com/LVS/LVS-HOWTO/mini-HOWTO/LVS-mini-HOWTO.html
>
> If someone can suggest where to look to configure this. Where I can 
> buy/download a prebuilt distro to do this. Or if someone can configure 
> what I want for me. I would be willing to pay for the help of course ( 
> I would have to be invoiced ).
>
> Any help on this would be appreciated
>
> Thanks
> - Paul
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