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Thank you both, Peter, and Ramon! I do not know what is meant about
"vendor-level support," but I have spent enough time searching through
archives to the point of confusion. I will try to do my homework, and I
would also like to know how others approach this project. My hardware is
similar to that of which Ramon is using. Thanks, again.
Ramish
On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Peter Mueller wrote:
> > I am trying to build a load-balancing system for web service
> > using lvs,
> > which will be capable of handling a very high volume of
> > visitors to the
> > web sites. (Perhaps 80k per day, or more.)
>
> this isn't that much. this is a little less than 1 hit a second.
>
> > I am looking for recommendations regarding hardware (processor type?
> > multi-processor? best NICs to use, how much ram, etc.), and I
> > would like
> > to know also how much power (minumum) is required for each
> > primary/backup
> > node, and their (individual) traffic handling capabilities. Thank you!
>
> so basically you want vendor-level support for free? you can acquire this
> knowledge by spending 10 minutes combing the archives. please do some basic
> research before asking questions that are asked a lot..
>
> having said that, I would use LVS boxes that are similar to what you are
> using for your other boxes such as your web servers. a common hardware
> platform across the broad range of servers is a good idea.
>
> Peter
>
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