Published January 15th, 2004 by Jim O'Halloran
Linux Virtual Servers and Active-Active Configuration
Simon Hprman’s Linux Virutal Servers talk was the last talk of the day for me. A Linux Director is a service that sites in front of a number of servers and load balances requests between each. Persistence is maintained so that each client will connect to the same “real” server for a given period of time.
LVS is essentially a fast Layer 4 switch. A single LVS machine on modest hardware can easily saturate a 100 mbit LAN connection.
Most of te presentation went straight over my head, but I gained some appreciation for what LVS does and when it might be used that it was useful. It also serves to remind me that as good as I think I am, there are other people who are on a whole nother level! Papers from this talk are available from UltraMonkey.org.
Michael Selge Says
Nice Summary there. A fair few of the ones you have gone too are the same as mine..although I should have found more time to get to some of the miniconfs
Jan 15th, 2004 at 11:00 pm
Jeremy Zawodny Says
That URL also 404s.
Jan 19th, 2004 at 4:53 am
Jim O'Halloran Says
Fixed now. Thanks.
Jan 19th, 2004 at 9:48 am