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Re: Using DNS as a load-balancer [was RE: talk by Radware,acommercial lo

To: Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Using DNS as a load-balancer [was RE: talk by Radware,acommercial loadbalancer]
Cc: lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: idcodan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Dan Trainor <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:02:24 -0600
Horms wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 11:19:11AM -0600, Dan Trainor wrote:
> 
>>Horms wrote:
>>
>>>If you wish to circumvent DNS, I wish you good luck.
>>>
>>
>>...not completely.  Just to rely on DNS as little as absolutely possible.
>>
>>Sorry, I've been out of town for a few days.
>>
>>It's the best that I could come up with as of late.  I've taken a great
>>look at Super Sparrow, to which I give you great thanks.  But I think
>>that there may be other options out there which I have not been made
>>aware of.  That's the whole reason why I joined this list.
> 
> 
> Sure, there are lots of options, and its a pretty interesting topic
> to think about. I'm pretty convinced DNS needs to be in the mix,
> as that means that end-user applications don't need to be updated.
> 

Horms -

And I completely agree with you.  I think that we can also agree on the
fact that, if anything were to break, it would be DNS.  With that being
said, although DNS is critical in this application, it's use and
reliance should be kept to a minimum.

Thanks again for this great feedback, it really helps.
-dant

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