On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:20:53PM -0700, christian johansson wrote: > I know PF can do simple round-robin balancing to these machines, but I want > something that can take the load of the apache running machines into > consideration and shape the traffic sent to them accordingly. > > Would it be a good idea to use apaches own loadbalancing module, the > mod_proxy_balance, and run instances of apache on the openbsd machines? I'm > assuming this would mean that I have to compile apache2 myself, right?
Well, apache2 is in ports/packages, so not necessarily. > Or can anyone suggest a better way to do this? Some people on this list speak highly of pound. I haven't used it myself yet. I like haproxy. I've run it in an 80,000 (mod_perl-generated) page per hour situation on nothing more than simple desktop hardware and it Just Worked(tm). There's no port, but I know someone who made one and could pester him to post it. :) Now that was a while ago. If I was doing it again today, I'd seriously look at the built in hoststated and pf. That work looks exciting. Now you have even more options to confuse you. :) -Dan -- "Burnished gallows set with red Caress the fevered, empty mind Of man who hangs bloodied and blind To reach for wisdom, not for bread." -- Deoridhe Grimsdaughter
