We're using ServerIronXL in a shared environment managed by the hosting company. BigIp F5 is also supposed to be pretty good.
Personally, I've never managed a loadbalancer, but if I had to go with the cheapest solution, I would roll my own using LVS. There is enough customization to allow you to do what you want. Also the latest version of apache allows it to be used as a loadbalancer. I haven't tested it yet, and I don't know if it supports sticky sessions, but it might very well be possible. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 1:53 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Load Balancing issues > > Down these lines, does anyone have a recommendation for a good hardware > load balancer? Doesn't have to be top of the line or have a ton of > features. Just something reliable with decent features at a good price. > > > John Burns > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer > Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Strutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 1:50 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Load Balancing issues > > On 2/3/06, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The load balancer has to specifically support sticky sessions. I > > think it does this via some sort of cookie, but I'm not entirely sure. > > Yes, depending on your HWLB device, it can set a cookie, go by IP > address or segment, URL params, etc., aka, literally anything that can > be used to identify the end-user. Smart ones will use a combination of > these tricks. > > > > Now, session replication in CF is enterprise only, but I've been able > > to get it to work with CF7 Standard. This is not documented or > > supported by Macromedia AFAIK, but I don't think it's against the > > EULA. I am planning to write an article on it sometime soon. Look > > for it in the next few issues of Fusion Authority. > > You've peaked my interest. I'm wondering how it would be possible... > of course there are always workarounds like client variables (yuck!) or > other DB storage mechanisms, and at one point i'd thought up a plan to > allow web service session lookups between servers. In any event, I'd > love to hear what you've got. :) > > -nathan strutz > http://www.dopefly.com/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231272 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
