Can anyone give me a real world example of why you would need to consider using TCP Load Distribution. I am summarising slightly but TCP Load Distribution seems to be a method of using a single IP address (the Global Inside Address)inbound; which is handed off to different devices on the inside. OK.
If this is a fair description I can see that this would be useful for load sharing amongst internal servers. IE maybe if an increasing number of Internet customers were accessing your resources - on line shopping whatever - that you might want to spread (balance) the load among several identical servers? So is 'loosely' like HSRP (not to do with redundancy so much) but conceptually in that there is a VIRTUAL entity that supports multiple physical entities (servers) to enable the load distribution amongst these 'real' devices. Therefore is the case that the real devices don’t need to be network devices - they would most likely be UNIX (typically Internet facing) boxes of some sort? Any response to clarify my muddle thinking much appreciated! Apologies for dumb question. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62088&t=62088 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
