>What does that mean? Load balance DNS lookups across multiple servers? >Or use DNS to load balance? I've never setup a load balancer for DNS >before. Always just had one server and moved the VM in event of >failure/maintenance. * * I think using DNS to load balance is what was meant, PowerDNS can do this, but most DNS servers can to basic load balancing/round robin (it will just give out a different/multiple A Records each time. I've done this with bind and Microsoft before.
PowerDNS has an awsome geolocation plugin, and that probably can be tied to a check to see if the IP is up so it's actually checking the status of IPs to make it more automated. Gary On 19 January 2011 00:39, Charles N Wyble <char...@knownelement.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/18/2011 04:01 PM, david raistrick wrote: > > > >> On 01/18/2011 09:42 AM, Sergey Voropaev wrote: > >>> Does any one know software sollutions (free is preferable) like as > >>> cisco GSS > >>> and F5 BIG-IP? The main point is that DNS-server (or dns server > >>> plugin) must > >>> be able to monitor server availability (for example by TCP connect) > >>> and from > >>> DNS-reply depends on it. > >>> > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Charles N Wyble wrote: > >> > >> Ha-proxy and linux virtual server are popular packages. > > > > Neither of these do DNS. > > What does that mean? Load balance DNS lookups across multiple servers? > Or use DNS to load balance? I've never setup a load balancer for DNS > before. Always just had one server and moved the VM in event of > failure/maintenance. > > He asked about DNS based loadbalancing (also > > known as GSLB, among other things) software packages.... > > Ah. DNS based load balancing. I've heard good things about powerdns for > that. > > > > - -- > Charles N Wyble (char...@knownelement.com) > Systems craftsman for the stars > http://www.knownelement.com > Mobile: 626 539 4344 > Office: 310 929 8793 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJNNjK6AAoJEMvvG/TyLEAtT1gQALYOb8mYK8llulRAikXo0Nij > nTaBSq8Bj/DnTA85iZpa1MZ0WCQY6ofXnOjvvfUvqM3idFzQC4I5R/gPgPgZrfYg > ZKZFuaEIiqT0zMzufzM4rAZk96zH/BkgcXK0M7foS1vLijxWCo06Ba2Srga1Uawo > JpZXp2WZILZc1VRCdvxBioU3UHWSdjiDjVZ9p+uMXTDjh/O7VpPNh4LhP0fdfY/P > K/WMpTTm8djCyTuzgnx0KXucjp7uqmdy+7LrvROQ67avqcooDzM7P8amw8OI+SyC > Y2ipe7iHREenH1Cr9V8bABUn3qJuHwEgQxObu5SS+mZsCH3YpjCsog3j9TWpwNZd > 34Jm+/viYCxEYvPM9j2r3ABJPGsQQcjbkE1mGqEKxsWSNIss9wTuqDDofc0JfnN/ > GkZpZZLjpxdA7DCV1gioaVVhUNPELg/qSM/3DfVnW1EA24PIyfLOeZcwC9jHS0X/ > DjgnjpktoFu1gVIZTKf4jOGEqdbympYabr/NhYRSKrA1uLJUOHAHN47QJonP5CkI > YuEPM3uEmmO5/S2C1gKYKa3hHFQpfMcqjSwdGnCrcJ/G+j6PyU/YmTOy+2RMJI6A > UKgP1IK7hYeBScPB/qibfkgNeakBjg+WIO3djps7lqxR2QSUzK6qIqQSGeK1euxt > GqK3Q9I7rh+tDEtA3t4Y > =PTkN > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
