On 11/8/05, Nick I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I help maintain a Web site at > www.clusterbuilder.org<http://www.clusterbuilder.org/>. > You might have seen before that I have a section called Ask the Cluster > Expert, where I am building a knowledgebase of cluster and grid information. > When someone asks a question I am researching the answer to build this > knowledgebase out. I received the following question: > > *"I am looking for a variety of solutions to be a backbone of a large-file > streaming system providing thousands of concurrent download streams. > Preferably commodity hardware and Linux, though I'm open to commercial > solutions."* > > I am wondering if anyone here has suggestions of what applications will work > best for this type of setup. You can respond to the question at > www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ > <http://www.clusterbuilder.org/FAQ>or respond in email. > > Thanks, > Nick > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-cluster > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > it all depends on job. This is the moto of clustering. >From what i have read the solution is load balancing/redundancy cluster. Probably something like what is described in the article at
http://www.countersiege.com/doc/pfsync-carp/ at the section "Something Bigger" "This larger configuration is in place at a large educational institution, providing load balancing and redundancy for a cluster of web servers:" As far as the hardware , that depends on the kind and magnitude of load that you expect. there are also devices like eg this http://www.coyotepoint.com/extreme.htm Also read the pdf for what these devices are offering http://www.coyotepoint.com/pdfs/extreme_05.pdf. Anyway the key point here is on load balancing and redundancy client | | internet | Load Balancer/Firewall | | . .......... | | | | | | | server1 server2 serverN _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-cluster To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
