LVS
lvs-users
Google
 
Web LinuxVirtualServer.org

Re: [lvs-users] Fwd: Firewall clustering

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [lvs-users] Fwd: Firewall clustering
From: Patrick Schaaf <bof@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:41:04 +0200
> My advise: Do an active/passive cluster setup WITHOUT loadbalancing. You can 
> configure state table sync. Every normal hardware today is able to firewall 
> 1Gbit/s traffic. No need to add load balancing.

Furthermore, if one box should be able to take over in the case of the
other one failing, it must be able to handle the traffic anyway. Running
active/passive on equally capable hardware makes sure that that case is
covered in normal operation.

best regards
  Patrick


_______________________________________________
Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at:
http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/

LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Send requests to lvs-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>