Allen, Thank you very much for the info. I understand the the CSS-800 box is rock-solid. It is one of the big (ugly) box but very reliable in terms of performance. However, my company will go with the CSS-11500. Again, I don't know much about the product to make a recommendation. However, I have to admit that the box is very easy to install and configure. Anyone experiences with the CSS-11500, I love to hear from you. Regards, Sean >From: "Allen May" >To: "Sean Young" , >Subject: Re: Cisco ArrowPoint Intelligent Director and Linux Virtual Server >[7:771] >Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:35:44 -0500 > >I used Arrowpoint CS-800 boxes (before Cisco bought them) and it worked >flawlessly for carOrder.com. As a matter of fact..it never exceeded 2% >utilization even when we were broadcast on 20/20 and a couple of other >broadcasts that caused massive traffic. I've never used LVS so I can't say >which is better but I can say that unless Cisco messed it up, the >Arrowpoint >load balancer was the best I had ever seen. Make sure LVS can handle >cookies and sticky sessions when comparing. I know the Arrowpoint can. Oh >and I had never used an Arrowpoint before but it only took me a day of >reading thru the manual and playing with it to realize how easy it was. >It's noooooooooo problem. You can basically go through the book and follow >the example (replacing IP addresses/subnets) and it works. Then for adding >things like sticky sessions, etc, the manual was very useful in showing how >this is done and why. > >Hope this helps. > >Allen >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sean Young" >To: >Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:17 AM >Subject: Cisco ArrowPoint Intelligent Director and Linux Virtual Server >[7:771] > > > > My company is in the process of deciding whether to go with Cisco >ArrowPoint > > Intelligent Director (ID) or building our own Linux Virtual > > Server (LVS). From my limited knowledge, I know that Cisco ID is a >load- > > balanced device and many advanced features. I also have very limited > > experiences with Cisco ID. Furthermore, I also understand that Cisco > > ArrowPoint is derived from VXworks (a Unix variant) and the device >itself > > is running on a network appliance box (with 128 MB RAM and an IDE hard- > > drive). > > > > On the other hand, I have quite extensive experience with Linux Virtual > > Server (LVS). I know that LVS also support many similar advanced > > features mentioned by Cisco ID (if I am wrong, please correct me). I > > have deployed LVS in production environment for the past 18 months and > > the LVS box is solid (never has to reboot once). However, management > > would like to go with Cisco because it has the name "cisco" on the box. > > They ask for my recommendations. At the moment, I can NOT recommend > > Cisco ID because I am not that familiar with the product. Anyone who > > has deployed Cisco ID on their production network with out breaking the > > network, I would love to hear from you. > > > > Regards, > > Sean > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: >http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=779&t=779 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
