Another thing to try if you don't have a large budget is load balancing on a
Linux box.
Check out:
http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/
>From: "Mark Holloway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Mark Holloway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: TCP Load Balancing with a PIX
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:36:15 -0800
>
>The "industry standard" at this point is the Foundry Server Iron. It has
>the F5 load balancing software built into it. I've deployed the 8-port
>10/100 and it works great. It costs approximately $10,000 which is almost
>half the price of a Local Director. It provides load balancing for http,
>http, real, and so many more.
>
>Unfortunately the PIX does not load balance. You cannot map an
>"outside/internet" IP address to multiple "inside/lan" IP addresses. If
>these are NT server you could also use Microsoft Load Balancing which
>works.
>Lastly, you can use Round Robin DNS which doesn't cost anything.
>
>Regards,
>Mark
>Sprint Business Marketing Group
>Las Vegas, NV.
>
>
>"Jim Barksdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I know using a Router and NAT you can map a single external address to a
> > virtual host with an internal address, which then load balances across
> > several real hosts.
> > (TCP Load Balancing)
> > Can the same thing be done on a PIX?
> >
> > I currently have 1 web server on the DMZ and want to add a second web
> > server (mirror of the first). I then want to load balance across the
> > two of them.
> > I don't have the budget to buy a 'Local Director'.
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> >
> > Jim
> >
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