26 September 2006 01:00
Pure Load Balancer - A free high performance software load balancer for Unix
by springnet
Pure Load Balancer runs in userland, but relies on an asynchronous non forking/non threaded/non blocking architecture. Thanks to Niels Provos' excellent event library, it can also efficiently use the kernel notification mechanisms to never waste CPU time
25 September 2006 22:00
Alex Davies: Linux HOWTOs
by springnet & 4 others
You MUST have a third server as a managment node but this can be shut down after the cluster starts. Also note that I do not recommend shutting down the managment server (see the extra notes at the bottom of this document for more information). You can no
High-availability middleware on Linux, Part 1: Heartbeat and Apache Web server
by springnet
In this first of five articles, learn what it means for software to be highly available and how to install and set up heartbeat software from the High-Availability Linux project on a two-node system. You'll also learn how to configure the Apache Web serve
The Linux Virtual Server Project - Linux Server Cluster for Load Balancing
by springnet & 4 others
The Linux Virtual Server is a highly scalable and highly available server built on a cluster of real servers, with the load balancer running on the Linux operating system. The architecture of the server cluster is fully transparent to end users, and the u
25 September 2006 18:00
Ultra Monkey:
by springnet & 2 others
Ultra Monkey is a project to create load balanced and highly available network services. For example a cluster of web servers that appear as a single web server to end-users. The service may be for end-users across the world connected via the internet, or
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