Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-02 Thread Dobbins, Roland
> On 2 Jul 2021, at 01:04, Douglas Fischer wrote: > > Answering suggestions in advance: As others have pointed out, what you’re describing isn’t anycast, nor anything directly to do with high availability. There are multiple well-understood frameworks which can be used to do what you’re des

Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-02 Thread Masataka Ohta
Douglas Fischer wrote: Yes... It probably solves my issues on a v6 only world. No, not at all. I'm afraid you don't understand what your issues are. At least, neither L2 or L3 anycast has anything to do with high reliability because reachability to a server and availability of the server are

RE: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-02 Thread Jean St-Laurent via NANOG
Maybe a spine and leaf architecture could work for you. You could install 1 server per leaf or more. I believe this could achieve high-availability and load-balancing at layer 2. There is a kind of layer 3 overlay, but for the hosts this is transparent and it feels like a real pure layer

Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-02 Thread Douglas Fischer
Hello William! An ARP Controller to compose a L2 Cluster solution seems a good Idea to a begging... (I would include ND) I will try to think a bit on that... Any suggestions are welcome. Em qui., 1 de jul. de 2021 às 16:06, William Herrin escreveu: > On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 11:05 AM Douglas Fi

Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-02 Thread Douglas Fischer
Hello Masataka! Yes... It probably solves my issues on a v6 only world. But unfortunately, in this scenario there is IPv4 also, and to make me cry alone in the bathroom there are some IPv4 only... So, I will need to provide some solution that covers IPv4 also. Em qui., 1 de jul. de 2021 às 19:51

Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-01 Thread Masataka Ohta
Douglas Fischer wrote: I'm looking for solutions do deploy some type of selective high availability and load balance based on the glue between Layer 2 and Layer 3 (ARP or ND). If you are looking for L2 anycast, it was purposelessly invented as a functionality of ND, though it does not satisfy

Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-01 Thread Baldur Norddahl
tor. 1. jul. 2021 21.06 skrev William Herrin : > > > From what I understand of EVPN, it's about creating something > equivalent to VLANs across a distributed virtual server > infrastructure. Basically like what Amazon does under the hood for its > virtual private cloud. Since you're trying to get

Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-01 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 11:05 AM Douglas Fischer wrote: > I'm looking for solutions do deploy some type of selective high availability > and load balance based on the glue between Layer 2 and Layer 3 (ARP or ND). Hi Douglas, Anycast is where you send to one network address and the "nearest" sing

Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-01 Thread Baldur Norddahl
On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 8:04 PM Douglas Fischer wrote: > I friend Suggested that EVPN could help-me, but I must confess that is a > hard topic to me. > Unless it can be used depending exclusively on software (no special > hardware required), it won't fit. > > Linux has EVPN support. Or you could u

Re: Layer 2 based anycast - Kind like GLBP - Research

2021-07-01 Thread colin johnston
Bigip with each host having two nics on public and private via inter switch shared vlan. Should not cause issue so long as you know service comes via bigip to debug usage of kit via private ip side Sent from my iPod > On 1 Jul 2021, at 19:04, Douglas Fischer wrote: > >  > I'm looking for so