On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 09:50, Markus Oswald wrote: > On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 02:49, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking to implement an Apache cluster with Load Balancing and > > failover and after going through several options, the only one that is > > not too complex and does everything that I need seems to be pen > > > > http://siag.nu/pen/ > > > > I am curious about other peoples experience with this / other clustering > > software. I have already looked at software like lvs / heartbeat but it > > feels like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. > > Personally I would suggest LVS / keepalived - IMHO it's the most robust > and powerful solution you can currently get. Definitely worth a look... > > It's not as hard to setup as you think - you need a little bit of > experience for planing your cluster setup, but the software installation > and configuration is probably the easier part. > > I installed/run multiple clusters, some with quite a lot of traffic > (well, that's what load-balancing is good for) some just needed the HA > features. No serious problems with keepalived and no problems at all > with LVS.
You can also have a look at www.ultramonkey.org , deb packages avaialble. Simplifies the installation of LVS a lot. Recently, there was a article in Sysadmin mag. about clustering. There was an interesting part about openSSI, it can be found here: http://www.samag.com/documents/s=8817/sam0313b/0313b.htm -- Joost > > best regards, > Markus > -- > Markus Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Unix and Network Administration > Graz, AUSTRIA \ High Availability / Cluster > Mobile: +43 676 6485415 \ System Consulting > Fax: +43 316 428896 \ Web Development -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
