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RE: Reverse Path Loadbalancing

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Reverse Path Loadbalancing
From: "WRIGHT Alan" <alan.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:58:19 +0100
Thanks Joseph,

I assume squids=box(x)

Does LVS do this reverse sticky for the web cache devices?

Many Thanks

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Mack NA3T [mailto:jmack@xxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 23 November 2006 16:29
To: LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list.
Subject: Re: Reverse Path Loadbalancing

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, WRIGHT Alan wrote:

> Folks,
> I was looking in the LVS web site for some idea if reverse L3/4 load 
> balancing has been implemented.
>
> By reverse load balancing I mean the case as follows:
>
> Users------Router1-------------Box1---------Router2---Internet
>                                |------Box2-----|
>                                |------Box3-----|
>
> Box1, 2, 3 are like devices, sharing the same functionality, but they 
> need the users to be stickied to them. This of course would mean that 
> reverse traffic returning via router2 would need also to be stickied 
> to the Box assigned by the outbound flow.
>
> Has this been done?

it's the method used for squids

Joe


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