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Re: LVS via Direct routing

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: LVS via Direct routing
From: Volker Dormeyer <volker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:31:24 +0200
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 01:27:52PM +0530,
Ramprasad A Padmanabhan <ramprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 > On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 18:37, Graham David Purcocks M.A.(Oxon.) wrote:
 > > You can only use DR if all machines are on the same network. If you are
 > > on different networks, you need NAT and if you want to do port
 > > redirection, and you can tunnel over WANs
 > 
 > I have a doubt , when you say "all machines on the same n/w" you mean
 > all the server machines right ? The client can connect to the server
 > pool behind the LVS from anywhere in the internet.

All real server machines and the LVS system itself are meant here. The
sketch on [1] should make it clear. Yes, the clients can connect from
anywhere.

   1. http://www.linux-vs.org/VS-DRouting.html
 
 > Please correct me If I am wrong here 
 > If I have an application where all my servers are within a single n/w
 > and I do not require to change any ports , the LVS DR is the best
 > option, because It has least overheads on the LVS server itself.

If the LVS systems can be located in the same network as well, then yes.

Regards
Volker

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