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Re: [PATCH][RFC]: followup ...

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Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC]: followup ...
From: Roberto Nibali <ratz@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:16:19 +0100
Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> 
> Roberto Nibali wrote:
> 
> > > In which case you should not need LVS for load balancing...
> >
> > Could you please elaborate on this statement?
> 
> If you already have a "reverse" proxy which accepts all requests at the
> application level and forwards them to the server, the load balancing
> function is better implemented in the proxy, with all of the benefits and
> none of the drawbacks from NAT based load balancing.

Agreed, if you have the source code. But tell me, how many proxies
out there have loadbalancing capability built-in? Yes, if you write
your own proxy for you own application I would also consider including
loadbalancing. Thank you for the comment.

Regards,
Roberto Nibali, ratz

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