Hi, You can do the load balancing with just BigIP (or a similar product) and Tomcat, without enabling any of the clustering features. Of course, what you get then is ONLY load balancing, i.e. no session affinity or session replication of any kind, which are required for dynamic failover.
Yoav Shapira http://www.yoavshapira.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Charles Huey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 7:19 PM >To: Tomcat User >Subject: load balance standalone tomcat 4 > >Is it actually possible to use a load balancing appliance (Big IP) with >a couple of web servers running standalone Tomcat 4? Actually, I know >it's possible...what I mean is, do I have to do anything special with >Tomcat, or can I set each Tomcat up as if it was the only server, and >then just put the load balancing appliance in front of them? > >The reason I'm a bit paranoid is because I've caught glimpses of things >like Tomcat clustering, which sounds like a lot more work! > >Thanks, >Stephen > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
