No... anycast will do proximity routing to the closest server but it will have no ability to know if the service is up and running... they'll need load balancing for that... D
On 5/23/07, Garry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > one of our customers approached us with the following requirement: > > They need to set up an FTP server, which needs to be redundant for HA. > Anyway, the customer would like to have it hosted at seperate locations. > The tough part is that the client software does not have DNS capability, > so a fixed IP has to be entered. > > The servers would both be hosted inside our network, so no problem > getting routes anounced via OSPF or similar. The problem is how do I let > a router (all 7200/12000 series) know that the local service is down at > one location and that it should rather activate the same subnet at > another? > > Would Anycast allow for service availability discovery? > > Tnx, -gg > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
