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Hi,
Thanks a lot for the info. Below is more info on my setup.
On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 21:08, Peter Mueller wrote:
> Hello Patrick,
>
> > Hi have 2 machines and I want to cluster them:
>
> What services do you need to cluster?
We basically have a custom application that works using a single TCP
connection (like, say, ssh). We need to support a customer with 1500
users and this is too much for a single machine. We want to provide
single IP/port# and have the connections load-balanced between the 2
servers.
> Depending on your 'clustering'
> requirement it might be more practical for you to not use LVS. For example,
> if you just want to failover a service when the primary dies take a look at
> http://www.ultramonkey.org/ (e.g.,
> http://www.ultramonkey.org/2.0.1/topologies/ha-overview.html) or
> http://www.keepalived.org/
> (http://keepalived.sourceforge.net/pdf/LVS-HA-using-VRRPv2.pdf). Either
> solution would work, and both have strengths and weaknesses.
>
> > - Do I absoutely need a Linux Director server? Can't one of
> > the cluster members double as the director?
>
> This is possible but requires a bit more study and care. I think the HOWTO
> contains a few pages of information on how to do this, or you can use
> Ultramonkey information @
> http://www.ultramonkey.org/2.0.1/topologies/sl-ha-lb-overview.html. Expect
> to be a bit frustrated at first until you get familiar with how LVS works.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
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