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Choker · 01-05-2005, 11:51 AM

And please none of these ones that I can only use with your servers. I have servers all over the place so I need to be able to freely use it as I need. Redundancy is a must. Thanks

Magg · 01-05-2005, 11:53 AM

Apart from doing something EXTREMELY complicated and expensive, the only thing I can think of for servers which are not in the same location is DNS load balancing, which you could probably do yourself.

Choker · 01-05-2005, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Magg

Apart from doing something EXTREMELY complicated and expensive, the only thing I can think of for servers which are not in the same location is DNS load balancing, which you could probably do yourself.

We already do this. So you are saying you can't do hard load balancing unless the servers are in the same location?

nnweb · 01-05-2005, 11:57 AM

yeah pretty much.

the servers plug into the switch which is the load balancers.

Check out the F5 3-DNS controllers. That will do what you are looking for but it is DNS based.

Bad ass hardware!

Choker · 01-05-2005, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nnweb

yeah pretty much.

the servers plug into the switch which is the load balancers.

Check out the F5 3-DNS controllers. That will do what you are looking for but it is DNS based.

Bad ass hardware!

Thanks for the info. We have our DNS servers to expire domains in 15 minutes. Would this F5 3-DNS controller be better ?

Magg · 01-05-2005, 12:06 PM

F5 is a hardware application, which you would need to have in every location where you have servers, what F5, and even Foundries(differant solution/brand) operate on global load balancing.
Global load balancing basically intercepts the DNS request and redirects to the location with the lowest ping/lowest traffic.

Magg · 01-05-2005, 12:09 PM

You could, however, check out Ultra DNS's Directional DNS service:

http://www.ultradns.com/downloads/Ul...irectional.pdf

MickeyG · 01-05-2005, 12:10 PM

Ultra Monkey is a linux based load balancing system, I've set one up before and it worked out nicely. Maybe it'll work for you too

http://www.ultramonkey.org/

nnweb · 01-05-2005, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Choker

Thanks for the info. We have our DNS servers to expire domains in 15 minutes. Would this F5 3-DNS controller be better ?

The F5 checks for availability in real-time and also checks for a bunch of other stuff.

And they are appliances that would have to sit in 1 location but 2 to be safe cause if the 1 location drops well - there goes your DNS.

But to have them in EVERY location is not necessary. In today?s hosting market you can colo these things for $40 a month with minimal bandwidth.

TheMob · 01-05-2005, 01:31 PM

hmm, why wouldn't you want to use a GPLed one?

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01-05-2005, 11:53 AM	#2
Magg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ICQ: 132497047 Posts: 4,467	Apart from doing something EXTREMELY complicated and expensive, the only thing I can think of for servers which are not in the same location is DNS load balancing, which you could probably do yourself.

01-05-2005, 11:57 AM	#4
nnweb Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: OC Posts: 720	yeah pretty much. the servers plug into the switch which is the load balancers. Check out the F5 3-DNS controllers. That will do what you are looking for but it is DNS based. Bad ass hardware!

01-05-2005, 12:06 PM	#6
Magg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ICQ: 132497047 Posts: 4,467	F5 is a hardware application, which you would need to have in every location where you have servers, what F5, and even Foundries(differant solution/brand) operate on global load balancing. Global load balancing basically intercepts the DNS request and redirects to the location with the lowest ping/lowest traffic.

01-05-2005, 12:09 PM	#7
Magg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ICQ: 132497047 Posts: 4,467	You could, however, check out Ultra DNS's Directional DNS service: http://www.ultradns.com/downloads/Ul...irectional.pdf

01-05-2005, 12:10 PM	#8
MickeyG Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 4,134	Ultra Monkey is a linux based load balancing system, I've set one up before and it worked out nicely. Maybe it'll work for you too http://www.ultramonkey.org/

01-05-2005, 01:31 PM	#10
TheMob Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: 2006 Posts: 8,584	hmm, why wouldn't you want to use a GPLed one?