I know you said hardware, but if you're not going to implement redundancy anyway, you might just want to use a software solution like Apache's mod_proxy_balancer or LVS. Can install it on top of Free VMWare Server, using CentOS and have a total cost of $0 (plus time required to implement.
With LVS I believe you can even set up clusters, so should the primary machine hosting LVS go down, another one can pick up. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:58 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Hardware load balancers (lower-end) > > Folks, > > I'd like to know what you're using for lower-end *hardware* load > balancing for your ColdFusion apps. I've got an application to deal > with that doesn't have a lot of network bandwidth but does have a lot > of processor load, so I don't need a paired set of BIGIPs to manage it > :) > > I'd prefer a packaged hardware solution that supports sticky sessions > -- the app was not really designed for clustering. Something like an > old Cisco LocalDirector off ebay is probably about the right speed! > > Details: CFMX7 *Standard*, servers are Windows 2003, Web edition. > Using java sessions. Currently using Sonicwall and Cisco in the > network infrastructure. > > Thoughts/recommendations? > > -- > John Paul Ashenfelter > CTO/Transitionpoint > (blog) http://www.ashenfelter.com > (email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:274533 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
