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Re: [lvs-users] LVS in an Active/Active configuration

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] LVS in an Active/Active configuration
From: Michael Schwartzkopff <misch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:32:33 +0100
Matthew Crocker schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I used to run LVS on a cluster years ago,  in fact the cluster is  
> still running but I haven't been keeping track of the progress for  
> LVS.   I'm putting together a new cluster and would like to have it  
> setup with active/active directors instead of active/passive.
>
> Does anyone have a working configuration using LVS-NAT & active/active  
> directors?  Assuming I have 2 directors and 4 real servers.  Traffic  
> is load balanced via per-flow CEF to each director and each director  
> then load balances the traffic to one of the 4 servers.   How do I  
> configure the real servers to send the returning traffic through the  
> correct director so it can follow the NAT tables?  Or, with the LVS  
> directors syncing their connection maps does it even matter?
>
>
>
> -Matt
>   

Hi,

I would not choose such a setup. If you only have two directors I would
do active/passive with these and sync their connection tables. Why would
you do load balancing between two machines? In case of a failure one
machine has to take the load anyway.

Michael.


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