On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:36:12AM +0200, Michiel van Es wrote: > >Don't look blindly at the tools you're using, but choose the tools you > >need based on the goal you're trying to reach. Ah, who am I kidding, I'm > >just an IT-nerd wanting to play with cool balancers as well.. > > That is the whole idea ;) > I know DNS load balancing works (I have it up & running right now) but I > want to do load balancing with a load balancer..I want to have a setup > which is flexible and a blueprint for let say: a 500+ mailserver setup > with very heavy load (think Google or Hotmail).
you will probably never be able to achieve that type of load through a single load balancer (even less on a VPS). So you *will* need to use DNS RR anyway. For SMTP, a load balancer will only bring a bit more control and reactivity. But if you're trying to install that on a VPS where precisely it's harder to route/spoof IP addresses, I really doubt you'll gain anything. Willy
