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Re: Real-world examples of network configuration using LVS

To: dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Real-world examples of network configuration using LVS
From: Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:35:05 +0900
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:47:38PM -0600, Dan Trainor wrote:

[snip]

> What I envision is a system which is completely redundant.  I'm thinking
> about bringing in a pipe through a router, whch would provide the first
> level of failover to two different LVS directors.  The directors would
> then be connected to a dedicated switch, which would in effect act as
> the primary network connection to my realservers.  Each realserver would
> have a secondary NIC, as well, where Director 2 would play the exact
> same role as Director1 - but would just provide failover.
> 
> What I'd like to know is, if I'm on the right track here.  I'm new to
> load balancing and distribution in general, and can only hope that I
> have the right idea.

Yes, I think you are on the right track. If you want to go for
multiple NICs, then bonding is a good way to handle this. From there,
switch and uplink redundancy can be handled by the switches themselves,
and your local routing policy. 

-- 
Horms

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