Guy Hulbert wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-31-07 at 16:54 +0200, Graham Leggett wrote: > > > Why ? > > > > Because it's useful? > > Nope. > > Load balancing really belongs at the network layer. > > IBM released free load-balancing software for linux and windows about > 1997. My former employer's integration group (about 3 people) got a > fully redundant implementation running (on 4 pcs) in about 4 months. > > The company abandoned the free s/w version for hardware implementations > on Cisco gear (and others) within about 6 months. I'm sure the price > for proprietary hardware has dropped substantially since then. > > But, I suppose, if people want it ... >
People want to simplify things. -- =========================================================================== Jim Jagielski [|] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [|] http://www.jaguNET.com/ "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."
