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Re: Choosing the appropriate scheduling method, general questions

To: dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Choosing the appropriate scheduling method, general questions
From: Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:43:02 +0900
On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 06:41:33PM -0600, Dan Trainor wrote:
> Hello, all -
> 
> I am curious as to which scheduling method I should think about using.
> 
> I'm brand new to LVS, and don't think I quite understand the concept.
> What I was looking for, was a system that would provide load balancing
> and distribution, and the load balancer or distributor itself
> (LinuxDirector?) would be aware of the states of the machines for which
> it balanced (RealServers?), and would distribute the load according to
> the least loaded machine.
> 
> I did not see a scheduling method that provided this sort of
> functionality.  Is LVS right for me? Does it have this kind of capability?

LVS itself does not have this kind of monitoring capability,
however a few years ago someone wrote some code that works
with LVS to do this. Its called feedbackd and you can find it
at:

http://www.redfishsoftware.com.au/projects/feedbackd/

-- 
Horms

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