On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:01:01AM +0800, cheaney Chen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are a lot of different kinds of SLB techniques, ex. DNS-based,
> Dispatcher-based(like LVS), and server-based , etc.
> And my question is, for a commercial web site (like yahoo or ...)
> how to do SLB.
> What methods are used to handle huge numbers of client's requests?
> Combination of SLB techniques above , or ... ?!
My understanding is that generally LVS-like systems are used,
possibly in conjunction with multiple sites which typically
have connections "allocated" by either some sort of inteligent DNS
system or some BGP tricks (or a combination of the two).
--
Horms
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