Alex, I realize and agree that "hardware" load balancers are actually software based. I'm less concerned about that and more about the general specs:
Foundry ServerIron XL: rated for 1,000,000 concurrent connections Linux box where OpenSIPS is sitting: rated for ...??? Not to mention a simple rule on a load balancer would be much, much easier to implement. All I need is IP-based load balancing so installing and maintaining OpenSIPS is an overkill. Again, I appreciate the feedback but I am not asking nor looking for a software solution. My question is simple: Will a HARDWARE load balancer work? any reason why it WON'T work? Thanks! --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Alex Balashov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you mean by "hardware" options? There are > no ASIC-assisted SIP load balancers out there. :-) The > embedded "hardware-based" options are load > balancers built just like PCs - often on top of a UNIX > kernel - that run a software application-aware load > balancing suite. > > Your best bet is a proxy for the round-robin part, and > Linux-HA for the high availability of the proxy, as Grygoriy > suggested. > > Nitzan Kon wrote: > > > --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Grygoriy Dobrovolskyy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> 2 openser servers with 3 ip adresses (1 virtual) + > >> heartbeat to ensure the > >> failover + watchdog to ensure if > opensips/kamalio/openser > >> crashes a nice > >> failover & reboot, it is working stable here > >> (dispatching to 10 servers + > >> owners DID dispatch to their respective servers) > >> > >> join #opensips on freenode if you need more info. > > > > Thanks for the info. :) > > > > I want to stay away from software solutions however. > Are there > > any hardware solutions? would a plain load balancer > work? > > > > If we can't get it working with a LB we'll > look at OpenSIPS, > > but I'd like to explore hardware options first. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Nitzan Kon, CEO > > Future Nine Corporation > > www.future-nine.com _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users