Hi, I've written a tiny webapp to function as a load balancer. It is a rules-based balancer, rather than round-robyn or another policy. Rules can be simple URL string matches, or more complex business-data rules. They are expressed in a trivial XML format. The way I've been using it is setting up a cluster of tomcat servers with some webapps, and another tomcat with this load balancer webapp in front which users access. The load balancer (essentially a servlet Filter mapped to /*) directs requests according to its rules, first matching rule decides the request, and there's a default rule for handling all requests that aren't met otherwise.
I know there are a number of free (Balance), commercial (many), hardware and other load balancers out there. I also know that some people think java is too slow to be used as a load balancer, but I've found the above setup adequate for small and medium load sites. Do people think this is useful enough to make a commons-sandbox component out of it? Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
