Hi Ben Thanks for the great responses, a pair of haproxies isn't quite a pair of f5's yet!!!
We really wanted to ensure we had tested the current capabilities as far as we could. Cheers Alex On 24 February 2016 at 02:34, Benjamin Lee <benjamin....@realthought.net> wrote: > [...] *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. >
