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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Volker Dormeyer <volker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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