The "industry standard" at this point is the Foundry Server Iron. It has
the F5 load balancing software built into it. I've deployed the 8-port
10/100 and it works great. It costs approximately $10,000 which is almost
half the price of a Local Director. It provides load balancing for http,
http, real, and so many more.
Unfortunately the PIX does not load balance. You cannot map an
"outside/internet" IP address to multiple "inside/lan" IP addresses. If
these are NT server you could also use Microsoft Load Balancing which works.
Lastly, you can use Round Robin DNS which doesn't cost anything.
Regards,
Mark
Sprint Business Marketing Group
Las Vegas, NV.
"Jim Barksdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I know using a Router and NAT you can map a single external address to a
> virtual host with an internal address, which then load balances across
> several real hosts.
> (TCP Load Balancing)
> Can the same thing be done on a PIX?
>
> I currently have 1 web server on the DMZ and want to add a second web
> server (mirror of the first). I then want to load balance across the
> two of them.
> I don't have the budget to buy a 'Local Director'.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Jim
>
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