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Re: [PATCH] ipvs_syncd master/backup & SyncID support

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipvs_syncd master/backup & SyncID support
From: Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:00:08 +0200
On 2003-06-04T09:04:17,
   Aihua Liu <liuah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

> >Do you gain any performance benefit from doing this?
> I use two directors to share the same VIP through filtering. 
> I watched this method increases 30% throughput using testlvs.

Thanks for those numbers.

The idea is intriguing, but a benefit/cost ratio of 0.3/2.2 (two
machines, slightly more difficult to setup) is not very good yet. I'd
assume a faster card in the one director (maybe channel bonded GigE?) +
SMP or so would be more efficient.


Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@xxxxxxx>

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