The cheapest option would be to roll something yourself. There are many options available for nice loadbalancing set up using linux and setting up 2 boxes, so that should one die, the other one would take over.
The easiest solution would probably be to install the latest version of apache on another server (preferably linux) and use mod_proxy, specifically, mod_proxy_balancer. It doesn't look like it has health checking, but it looks like it's easy enough to test out, and it might do what you need. If not, you can invest some time to roll out a more complicated (although still free) solution using something like linuxvirtualserver. LVS Kiss looks like a simple solution to set up that supports health checking. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: WebSite CFtalk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:29 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: What hw to use for loadbalancing > > Hello, > > What (lower priced) options other than F5 Big IP LTM have I got when I > need to loadbalance 3 CFMX servers? > > 3 x CFMX 7.x Enterprise on W2003 / IIS6 > > F5 is a bit expensive -18kUSD for Big-IP LTM 1500 > > What I basically need is something that works better than W2003 NLB. > (and not to difficult to establish/maintain) > > When JRun/CF dies behind the NLB cluster, the cluster is happily > continuing its loadbalancing as if nothing happened. > > I've been googling a bit but I'm not very much smarter.. > > Thanks, > Helge Hetland > WebSite AS > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268061 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
