[SunHELP] load balancing solutions?

[Ivan Kovalev]

You might want to take a look at Resonate SLN-NOW!. It is free for 2
servers (same subnet). I am testing their commercial version called
Central Dispatch and it looks OK (lowest price for this one would run at
$7+ K).

Ivan

Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> 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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