Jacqui Caren wrote: > Pid wrote: >> Hardward load balancing is when you use specific types of network >> equipment which present a single external interface while directing >> traffic evenly between the servers behind it. >> >> Software does the same, but you'd install it on a server acting as a >> front controller. You can use the mod_proxy & mod_proxy_balancer Apache >> modules for this. > > Or you use openmosix and make a pool of boxes act as a single server > image with apache forked processes being distributed across the pool. > > The pool is self balancing and the management console is flashy > enough to impress PHB's. :-0
Now that *is* a distributed webserver... > Jacqui > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
