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On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:00:22AM -0400, Kyle Sparger wrote:
> > If the trend continues, you should be able to buy a black box
> > worth $200 which will have the same features as LVS does; perhaps i am
> > exagerating a bit, but if this is the case, why should someone continue to
> > use LVS?
>
> Assuming that ever happens (which I doubt), I'd say that maybe, just
> maybe, you shouldn't. Maybe you should, though.
>
> It all depends on what you need, of course. Currently, LVS is a rather
> primitive load balancer -- it only works off of IP, and is missing a lot
> of the features you might see on "professional" level stuff.
>
> So, obviously, you just have to determine what you need, and go for it.
>
> I'd guess that the reasons for using LVS over a black box will be roughly
> the same as using Linux over Solaris -- also a newly inexpensive, high
> quality product --
>
> 1. Freedom/Customizability/Flexiblity
> 2. It can run a rather large variety of hardware.
Perhaps we should come up with a list of features that LVS doesn't have,
then work out which ones need/should be implemented.
--
Horms
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