Howdy, That's a good point. I'm not sure if commons is an appropriate place for this; what is a better option? I suppose I could always just put it in SourceForge or something similar.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:21 PM >To: Jakarta Commons Developers List >Subject: Re: [General] New sandbox component idea > >Is Commons a place for web applications? I've always thought it was for >small components to be used in web apps. > >David > >--- "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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] >> > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard >http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]
