TCP Load Balancing with a PIX

2001-03-01 Thread Jim Barksdale
I know using a Router and NAT you can map a single external address to a virtual host with an internal address, which then load balances across several real hosts. (TCP Load Balancing) Can the same thing be done on a PIX? I currently have 1 web server on the DMZ and want to add a second web serv

Re: TCP Load Balancing with a PIX

2001-03-01 Thread Tim O'Brien
Jim, Load Balancing is not currently a feature of the PIX. This is what the Local Director or the Content Switches are for. Tim "Jim Barksdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I know using a Router and NAT you can map a single external address

Re: TCP Load Balancing with a PIX

2001-03-01 Thread Mark Holloway
The "industry standard" at this point is the Foundry Server Iron. It has the F5 load balancing software built into it. I've deployed the 8-port 10/100 and it works great. It costs approximately $10,000 which is almost half the price of a Local Director. It provides load balancing for http, htt

Re: TCP Load Balancing with a PIX

2001-03-02 Thread Hal White
Another thing to try if you don't have a large budget is load balancing on a Linux box. Check out: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ >From: "Mark Holloway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Mark Holloway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTE