To my knowledge a load balancer will balance through virtual addresses on a
packet/layer 3 level. If you have web servers you are wanting load balanced
than you want some sort of context based balancing, layer 4 and up. Cisco
has a very nice one and there are a few other good ones.
In this case the load balancer looks all the way through the packet down
through the URL. Most only look at the first 40 bits and /or the cookie, but
the Cisco one looks at the complete URL. This is great for heavy hit web
servers and e-commerce.
hope this helps,
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Huang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 9:08 PM
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Subject: load balancer
hi,
what is the difference between load balancer (Radware fireproof)
and foundry layer 4 switch?
Vincent Huang
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