-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Leonardo Boselli wrote: > I have a server, it is connected via a 100 mb NIC to a router that in turn > is connected, together with other servers and ws to internet. > I have observed that if no one is using the net (for example at 0600 on > sunday) people can download from apache up to a rate that is limited > just by the ide interface. > Of course if this occour when many (about 600) people are connected > using up to 60 Mb of bandwidth is not acceptable. > I wish then set three timeslot: one weekdays 8 to 19 , one 19 to 24 and > 7 to 8 and the third 24 to 7. > also the directories would be divided in three groups: Istitutional pages, > Documentation (reports), Documentation (full documents). > First group would be allowed maximun speed at any time, the second > wpuld be allowed maximun speed at peak time only for certain subnets, > while the third group at peak time and intermediate time should be > throttled to a maximum of 2 mb/S. > How to do ? i thought to set the three group of pages on different > servers and throttle each one via cron, but this would require to have a > separate one. > Can i do wuth just one server, possibly by redirectioning the two > "heavy" dir4ectories to a diferent virtual address used by the redirector > an throttled at time ?
If you want to do shaping like this (timeslots & paths) you probably want to look at running a transparent proxy in front of the web server like squid. What you want to do would be very easy and can be done all on the one server. - -- Robert Vangel :: http://zilla.id.au * redflag networks, Network Operations & Management * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * +61 419 961 529 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDBra4V63eDkW7v4cRAhIBAJ9hiE4TAmQ1Hpuh8EjeiYmUTeqJGQCfduVZ wjgCFEtkAS3uVOBIeHQtyT8= =P4A6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
