We do 'load balancing' by using multiple dhcp servers. If you use the MAC addresses to (static) map clients to IP addresses then the dhcpd.conf can be used on all servers. When a client requests an address, the lightest loaded (most responsive) server provides the address and boots the client. When a server fails, the clients that boot off it have to be rebooted but one of the other servers pick them up.
If you want to use address ranges, I believe the ISC dhcpd V3 will allow the lease databases to be shared between servers. I haven't used this feature as we use static mapping. Regards Darryl Bond George Hart wrote: > Hi, > > I am in a situation where my company will need to have at least four > terminal servers to balance the load in the office. While ltsp works > really good, I am having trouble figuring how to load balance these > servers in a scaleable way. > > I took a look at clustering the servers (openmosix) but decided against > it because it appears that if one node goes down then the whole cluster > can fail. This is too unrealiable for me. > > Currently I am considering hacking etherboot to balance where it gets > the kernel from tftp. I am not sure how easy that would be, so I > thought I would post a question before I do something unusal. > > Is anyone aware of a good way to balance the load across terminal servers? > > Thanks, > > George. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
