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Re: Limitations

To: <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Limitations
From: "Hendrik Thiel" <thiel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 17:50:53 +0200
Hi Horms,

>LVS does not set artificial limits on the number of servers that you can
>have. The real limitations are the number of packets you can get through
>the box, the ammount of memory you have to store connection information and
>in the case of LVS-NAT the number of ports available for masquerading.

are the number of Ports really a limit? I thought, the nat solution uses
different mechanism
to get rid of the port limitation?
If not, does lvs count only the active connection ports, or also the
inactive connections?

have a nice day

hendrik
>These limitations effect the number of concurrent connections you can
>handle and your maximum through-put. This indirectly effects how many
>servers you can have.
>
>--
>Horms
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