Cool! I hope nobody took offense to any of my comments! I was hoping to generate a discussion exactly like this! More comments follow...
> While using DNS may well be a naive, I think it is more naive to > think that user space code running on a general purpose computer is > a good solution if you are concerned about load and/or failover. > > If you really want performance and reliability, then firmware is the > solution for you and the 25K will do a little to help my Cisco shares :-) > FYI, I've had 2 different companies ask for a open-source solution for this that had tight budgets. I'd be really curious to compare a load-balancer running on a general purpose computer with a cisco switch. Anybody ever done this comparison? > However, I do think we need a reasonable solution that works as a > reasonable introduction to loadbalancing and failover. > > > * If sticky sessions are used, or all new connections look for > "jsessionid=" in the first packet of the request and the > response. If > found, associate the ID with the current connecton allocation. > Is the jsessionid available through the URL in HTTPS requests? > > How does that sound? It should at least be a start for load > balancing and failover. > > I should have something working like this within a day or a month > (Now there > is a broad estimate for you). I'm happy to do this myself, but > would also > appreciate a keen buddy on this once the skeleton is in place. > I'll be your buddy ;). Hey, Let's talk about it at JBossOne? In the meantime, this might be a good source for requirements: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/11150.htm Regards, Bill _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
