On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 09:45:21AM +0100, Bedis 9 wrote: > > Do you have an example of what purpose it would serve ? I'm asking > > because it's not very easy to implement with table-based algorithms, > > since the size of the table is determined by the GCD of all active > > servers' weights. Thus adding a new server will change the size of > > the table. > > > > It's also a feature I've never seen on other products either, which > > makes be doubt about its usefulness. > > > Hey Willy, > > It's really useful in big organizations, when you have to manage tens > and tens of LBs and you want to ease the management. > An API available remotely allows you to write your own centralized > management tools: > - configuration backup > - configuration edit and push > - collection of statistics > etc...
I'm well aware of the usefulness of the API, I was meaning that switching a server's role between active and backup did not seem useful to me ;-) Willy
