From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 20 07:45:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93E7106564A for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:45:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hariemani@yahoo.com) Received: from web30906.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30906.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A56708FC15 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:45:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hariemani@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 11043 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Mar 2009 07:18:24 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1237533504; bh=8rgfXC4c0Je4WuiRduz3jaZECGS90U6Z1k29VIp83u0=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=0oi1X49ZaJh61R8Nq/IgDqdaFIYtCQ1F6F1faPpZLNEKfSnhwgKyLSVjEtBhermOu1SJgoRfLuXPUp8GlAcOCJ2Ccm6R3Q1eEVKDBeCcS0ptprKMMbSl2XD/go/vZD4huY1FWqo8SqnCBFXxFWziQ74QyUoDxbQp1osCDMxfYcQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=j3Y2nV+yVN5n2lCOcr5N45upX/W22ndU6Mofhbi6yO7r34rBg1xQB2Pr+OqILmp8WkAtIJW48Xo15rhFG9Dy0lvmVuCKLGplLgssXfRU/stAlE43JyBVuGCbulncb33GAIeA7azwwYeJqfqvnMwHeuJ0p/AgexO3cJbYBhgZwV0=; Message-ID: <215657.10065.qm@web30906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: tr7DygMVM1lMVars8n01Lwns5sajihOnNGWuZ_M.0N9gd9oq0.BTzowDvvgdfOMSW5KnaKAkT.CU5gPG2CHouG1qhrtT5iHXTYIlCEmB2UXuDlPpKnQ_yZQM1fB9WXFEKZKDdz1FEFT804UOiIpj0jFeEv7SJPXjJi9wY2kphb1NCwvXF3aFxT7jmyx.sFTcC4nAvEqOXNgLxMrTWkSgM5ghnHRZ2.R0ZtYqOuTITDBQuINqjnY- Received: from [61.6.55.164] by web30906.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:18:24 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/5.1.20 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.1 Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:18:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Hari Emani To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: CARP Load Balance by CUP - Memory - Ethernet Usage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:45:07 -0000 Good Day every one! =0A=0AWe have a situation and we are looking for a solu= tion (the client is specific to implement this way):=0A=0AWe are using Free= BSD FW cluster (2 units) for our DMZ zone. We are using CARP for VIP and ro= und robin load balance. The result is not always balance, most of the times= it is 80/20. =0AWe are looking at the following solution:=0A=0AImplement a= solution that provides LB based on the following factors:=0A=0A1.=09CPU=0A= 2.=09Memory=0A3.=09Ethernet traffic utilization=0A=0ATheoretically I can th= ink when a packet comes to FW1, if it is busy (say CPU is 80%) then we need= to implement a solution to send the packet to FW2 and vice verse. =0A=0AI = heard that some tools exist to complement CARP for this purpose, but could = not find at Google. =0A=0AI would highly appreciate any suggestions on this= (or alternate solutions =E2=80=93 we know we can use LB appliances, but we= will have to many of them for several other servers too). =0A=0AHave lots = of fun,=0A=0ASincerely, =0A=0AHari=0A=0A=0A Add more friends to your m= essenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/