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Date:      Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:07:17 -0600
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu>
Cc:        Miguel Gilly <mgilly@bonsai-studio.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Redundant Remote Webserver clustering
Message-ID:  <377A9515.86415512@softweyr.com>
References:  <199906300037.UAA65916@cs.rpi.edu>

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"David E. Cross" wrote:
> 
> Wes Peters wrote:
> 
> > You do this on FreeBSD (or Linux or Solaris) by creating a "layer 4
> > router" or HTTP switch that directs traffic evenly among your several
> > web servers, and stops sending traffic to servers that have failed.
>
> Where could someone find information on setting this up, and what software
> to use? 

Eddieware: http://www.eddieware.org/

> I have someone who would be very interested in this.  Isn't the
> "layer 4 router" a SPoF though?

What does "layer 4 router" have to do with the Association of 
Swedish Patent Attorneys (www.spof.com)?  ;^)

-- 
       "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com


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