CS-800 was the biggest box they had when I used it about 1 1/2 yrs ago so no I haven't used the 11500. If it's anything like the 800 then I would definitely recommend it. The way it load balanced was awesome too. You could choose between using round robin, sequential, or have it use a formula that based load on # of sessions, bandwidth, and overall utilization. That was very kewl! I haven't heard anything bad about the 11500. If you have any good links on the LVS I'd love to see them just to play with it at home. Later Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Young" To: ; Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Cisco ArrowPoint Intelligent Director and Linux Virtual Server [7:771] > 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=780&t=780 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
