Would this work? (Load Balance Question)

[David O'Brien]

I have one apache web server conversing with two separate tomcat servers 
with access a fourth MySql server.

Could I set it up like this?
<pre>
                 The Internet
                  |
                  |
         (real IP addresses)
   ------ External Network --------
   |
  ---       ---        ---       ---
  | |       | |        | |       | |
  |W|       |T|        |T|       |M|
  |W|       |C|        |C|       |Y|
  |W|       | |        | |       |S|
  | |       |1|        |2|       |Q|
  | |       | |        | |       |L|
  | |       | |        | |       | |
  ---       ---        ---       ---
   |         |          |         |
   ------- Internal Network -------
            (192.168.0. addresses)
</pre>
All the machines have 2 nics on board. I am worried that the other external 
network traffic
is slowing my response time, So I'd like to separate the backend processing 
from the
external network.

-Dave



David G. O'Brien
Web Services Coordinator / Systems Administrator
NACCRRA
The Nation's Network of Child Care Resource & Referral
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