Graeme Fowler wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 12:53 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote: > >> After looking at my LVS load balancing options 1-LAN or 2-LAN, in >> conjunction with my other needs such as ease of access to services such >> as shared storage, I'm going to set things up as 1-LAN. Now is 1-LAN >> just as reliable as 2-LAN? Also, I'm going to put the load balancers >> for now in QEMU virtual machines and use VDE2 virtual switch to connect >> to the Host LAN. Has anyone done this using QEMU and VDE2 yet? >> > > I have! I have! > Yes! I knew somebody must have tried this. > But it was two, or possibly three, years ago. And it wasn't VDE2, nor a > decent version of QEMU either (it fell over a lot). But it sufficed as a > proof of concept for an SSL proxy system I designed for someone (to > offload the SSL overhead from a web farm to a pair of load-balanced > Squids). > > As I recall, once I had the various virtual nets setup, and managed to > get a reasonable system image to run under QEMU, the rest was just the > same as making it work with a bunch of real machines. A bit slower, but > just the same :) > > Concentrate on getting your host and guest machines running - > standalone, if need be - then linking them up via your VDE network. > > Then - and only then - start tinkering with LVS. I still have the scabs > on my knees from the experience (running before walking) :) > Certainly have plenty of those myself. I'm taking it in small steps so we'll see how it goes. Really like the VDE2 virtual switch idea. Even has virtual cables. > Graeme > > Gerry
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