Hi Aaron and Graeme, Thanks for the clarification. It seems that lvs (ipvs) is built on top of netfilter directly, I assume this will give better performance than building on top of iptables. I will keep researching and may post additional questions later on.
John On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:41 AM, Graeme Fowler <gra...@graemef.net> wrote: > On 10 Oct 2017, at 09:30, Aaron West <aa...@loadbalancer.org> wrote: > > LVS can use iptables but doesn't always... > > To expand on that a little: LVS (IPVS) is basically a kernel-level router > with some extra whistles and bells. ipvsadm is the primary userspace tool > used to manipulate the state of the system. > > As Aaron says, LVS can make use of some of the functionality provided by > iptables but it is separate and not dependent on it. > > Graeme > _______________________________________________ > Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at: > http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ > > LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - lvs-users@LinuxVirtualServer.org > Send requests to lvs-users-requ...@linuxvirtualserver.org > or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users > _______________________________________________ Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - lvs-users@LinuxVirtualServer.org Send requests to lvs-users-requ...@linuxvirtualserver.org or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users
