web farm -newbie

[Myles Braithwaite]

Take a look at lighttpd proxy balancer http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/Docs%3AModProxy

An that postgresql thing that syncs multiple database across a network.

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Myles Braithwaite
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On 30-May-08, at 3:33 PM, Fernando Duran wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Very quickly, a "web farm" is a group of servers to
> support one web site, typically because you have a lot
> of traffic (load balancing), or you want to get rid of
> a single point of failure (reliability) or both.
>
> The topics you mention (Openmosix, OSCAR, MPI) are for
> parallel processing (running a program in multiple
> CPUs/memory, typically number crunching apps like
> scientific apps or image rendering); it's a very
> different topic.
>
> For a web site/app you probably want to look into load
> balancing, replication etc, not parallel processing.
>
> Fernando
>
> --- Jose <jtc-vS8X3Ji+8Wg6e3DpGhMbh2oLBQzVVOGK at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I am looking to learn how to setup a web farm, I
>> have been reading
>> reviews about some books like:
>>
>> Linux Enterprise Cluster by Karl Kopper
>>
>> High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks,
>> OpenMosix, and MPI
>>
>> Building Linux Clusters  David H.M. Spector
>>
>> Linux High Performance Clusters [Import] (Paperback)
>> by Alex Vrenios (Author)
>>
>> I got a couple of computer I rescue from the job
>> dump and I would like
>> to build a mini cluster, but not sure where to
>> start, could you guys
>> advice a newbie on this matters?
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> J
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