When you load balance, you upload content to both servers? - GoFuckYourself.com

xlogger · 01-09-2006, 04:17 PM

Lets say i am load balancing on 3 servers - do you upload content to all 3 servers?

How does it work, anyone here know?

Thanks

xanx · 01-09-2006, 04:20 PM

kinda,

setup a share so that all machines draw the content from one drive or machine. Understand ?

xlogger · 01-09-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by xanx

kinda,

setup a share so that all machines draw the content from one drive or machine. Understand ?

Make a seprate drive and upload there and then make the other servers get stuff from that drive? Sounds really complicated. My host is configing all the stuff (im just waiting for a quote now actually), but i was just woundering how all this worked.

What kind of load balancing do you do on your site? Software, dns or hardware?

xanx · 01-09-2006, 04:35 PM

I use a combo of all actually lol..

I don't know what setup you have in mind but what most do is make the upload utility point to a certian HD or server then the download script draws from that same area. You can hire a programmer to set this all up for under 500.00 it's fairly common.

BradM · 01-09-2006, 04:40 PM

Have one server share the content real time. Your host should be setting it up for you so you just worry about uploading and your machines will mirror real time

RazorSharpe · 01-09-2006, 04:41 PM

I use hardware based loadbalancing and basically I upload all content to one server (NFS). None of the frontend servers have any content on them - they draw this from the NFS.

xanx - can you icq me mate - 125483218

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xanx · 01-09-2006, 04:44 PM

i don't have ICQ I can't stand it,

you can email me at [email protected] if you want.

davidd · 01-09-2006, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xlogger

Lets say i am load balancing on 3 servers - do you upload content to all 3 servers?

How does it work, anyone here know?

Thanks

Something has to be done to keep the content sync'd. The best way is to upload it to one server, then rsync the content changes to the other machines.

Do not get into the NFS mounting game, as the point of load balancing is to lose a machine and no traffic is affected.

BradM · 01-09-2006, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by davidd

Something has to be done to keep the content sync'd. The best way is to upload it to one server, then rsync the content changes to the other machines.

Do not get into the NFS mounting game, as the point of load balancing is to lose a machine and no traffic is affected.

yeah... exactly what I was trying to get at... you got it

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xanx Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,711	kinda, setup a share so that all machines draw the content from one drive or machine. Understand ?

01-09-2006, 04:35 PM	#4
xanx Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,711	I use a combo of all actually lol.. I don't know what setup you have in mind but what most do is make the upload utility point to a certian HD or server then the download script draws from that same area. You can hire a programmer to set this all up for under 500.00 it's fairly common.

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BradM Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 1123,6536,5231 Posts: 3,397	Have one server share the content real time. Your host should be setting it up for you so you just worry about uploading and your machines will mirror real time

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