> DR also seems to offer an advantage, but the packets are coming in through a
> router and switch. The return packets may be bypassing the director, but they
> are almost certainly going back out through the same switch and router. The
> difference added by having the outbound packet headers re-written by the
> director isn't enough to justify the added complexity of the system.
Actually, the reason why *I* picked DR was so that they wouldn't have to
be going out the same router. We are using DSL and the boss figured
that after the site got bigger he would get another DSL line and would
want to balance across them. LVS DR was perfect for that situation.
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