Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 22:52:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Load Balancing/Sharing w/ FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950628224603.11754G-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950629002711.5303F-100000@aries.ai.net>
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On Thu, 29 Jun 1995, Network Coordinator wrote: > > > 1) When dealing with say, two serial links [modem or T1] how would one go > > > about setting up the connections so the links share load bidirectionally? > > > Assign them both the same destination IP address? > > > > This won't work. It needs to be implemented first. > > Enabled meaning? new code needs to be written, or its already built into > FreeBSD and I just need to start using it? I said "implmented", not enabled. It means that new code and much mucking about with the net code. You could implement this as link layer as multi-link PPP, but this wouldn't allow SLIP balanced interfaces. > > > > > 2) Has the code to enable two or three FreeBSD boxes to split new logins > > > based on load averages been enabled yet? > > > > You can do this via DNS. No need to add or enable anything. > > DNS servers will just sequentially cycle through a list of servers, it > won't intelligently find the least busy machine. Is there a way to do it > intelligently with DNS? True, but is your best option as it would need to be done before the login begins. How would a busy machine pass off a login? Also, named could be hacked to be a little more intelligent that a round robin scheme. Tom
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