Use linux virtual server. and a switch. You don't need 6 nics, but a
gigbit switch would be nice. You could put your file server on there
too.

On 9/15/05, Ryan Byrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Folks
> 
> Anyone had experience with load balancing hardware? I've got 10k or so and
> I was looking at F5 and Coyote Point. I am planning for a half dozen web
> servers with a 10megabits/sec throughput. The web application runs on
> https, so ssl acceleration would be nice too.
> 
> The web application allows for file upload, so I was thinking about having
> each of the web servers connect to a shared fileserver over NFS. Is that
> the best way?
> 
> ideas?
> 
> mrb
> 
> p.s. maybe I could buy a nice linux box with six NICs and do the load
> balancing there? Maybe round robin DNS is a viable alternative?
> 
> 
> 
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