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For this type of application, a DNS-based solution would be appropriate.
Cisco Distributed Director does something of this sort. You give the
"cluster" one DNS Name. That DNS name resolves to the IP of each of your
locations. The cisco box acts as your DNS server, and when a client asks
for name-to-ip lookup, the box hands the client the IP of the server
closest to the client.
I don't know of anybody doing this type of thing on Linux, but it sure
does work well if you have an application that it will work for.
--
Michael Brown
Linux Systems Group
Dell Computer Corp
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Yusseri Yusoff wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I've been wondering if there is a way to use LVS to redirect the requests
> to the nearest real server based on the client's location (IP address? No.
> of hops?).
>
> We have recently finished setting up a load-balanced web site here in
> Malaysia (with just 2 servers but expanding to 8 in the next couple of
> months) and it's been getting a fair number of hits. There's also been
> quite a few entries in the guestbook where one of the main
> complaints/comments of the people who have visited the website is that
> it's slow. So, one of the ideas is to find a co-lo provider in the US,
> Europe, and anywhere else that might be useful (we've been hosting the
> stuff in Malaysia) and still use the same VIP for the site.
>
> Is this possible/reasonable?
>
> TIA,
>
> Yusseri.
>
>
>
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