[SunHELP] load balancing solutions?

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Thanks,
Thomas Cameron, MCSE, MCT, CNE, RHCE
IS Engineering Manager
Dell Financial Services

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:33 PM
> To: sunhelp at mrbill.net
> Subject: [SunHELP] load balancing solutions?
> 
> 
> Anybody recommend a free/opensource (or VERY cheap)
> software load-balancing solution?  I need to do something
> similar to a Cisco LocalDirector or Foundry ServerIron, but
> using a Netra T1 and Solaris 8.
> 
> So far, here's what I've found:
> 
> 	"balance": TCP proxy w/load balancing/failover:
> 	http://balance.sourceforge.net
> 
> 	"eddie" : same thing, more complicated setup:
> 	http://eddie.sourceforge.net
> 
> 	"ipfilter" : latest release has some of these features:
> 	http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/
> 	
> 
> I've looked at the SLB, Zeus, and Polyserve products, but they
> all want RIDICULOUS amounts of money (Zeus quoted me $10K!!!) for
> what *something* has to be available for less money..
> 
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
> 
> Bill
> 	
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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