[...] *snip* > > The scenario is; > > > > web server that we need to get a large file from, a pair of haproxy load > > balancers in front of it in a master/backup configuration, with keepalived > > and conntrackd for fun. > > > > If a failover of a master to backup of haproxy occurs would we expect to > > see the download interrupted or continue? > >
By the way , if this were not just *for fun*, if it were me, I would not over complicate the solution... just ensure your HTTP servers support Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Range Requests https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7233 http://www.cyberciti.biz/cloud-computing/http-status-code-206-commad-line-test/ ... and you are done... (with albeit a bit of client interaction...) -- Benjamin Lee mailto:benjamin....@realthought.net Melbourne, Australia http://www.realthought.net Linux / BSD / GNU tel:+61 4 16 BEN LEE Open Source "invest in your world" __________________________________________________________________________ Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.
