[rescue] web server loadbalancing...

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Thursday, August 2, 2001 at 15:46:41 (-0500), Bill Bradford wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [rescue] web server loadbalancing...
>
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 03:35:10PM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> > What about IP Filter?  From ipnat(5):
> >   LOAD-BALANCING
> >        Two options for use with  rdr  are  available  to  support
> >        primitive,  round-robin  based  load balancing.  The first
> >        option allows for a rdr to specify a  second  destination,
> >        as follows:
> 
> Already looked at it.  No reliable way to eliminate a system from the
> "pool" if one goes down.

well not built-in, but you can change rdr rules on the fly and a little
watcher script that can do the right thing shouldn't be hard to concoct.

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