Huafeng Lu writes:
> Peter Memishian ??:
> > > We are making the VRRP service a separate effort in order to provide a
> > more
> > > general purpose HA support on Solaris, being able to do redundancy not
> > only
> > > for load balancers but also for routers or other network services.
> >
> > Having two different projects both be responsible for the same deliverable
> > doesn't make sense to me, so I presume you're saying that VRRP is not one
> > of ILB's deliverables, but instead that the ILB project is dependent on
> > the VRRP project?
>
> Right. ILB and VRRP have different deliverables and will be integrated
> separately. ILB itself won't implement the VRRP protocol; it will use
> the interfaces that the VRRP project will provide.
A few more questions:
- How does this proposed VRRP implementation relate to the existing
Quagga routing protocol suite in Solaris? If it isn't related,
then why should it not be part of routing?
- Will this potentially include HSRP, or is that just tempting fate
too much?
- And what of the IPR issues with VRRP? Have those been worked out?
The IPR issues are perhaps the most serious. CDDL (if separate)
provides patent grants to users of the code. GPLv2 (if part of
Quagga) immolates itself in the face of patents. Either way, you may
have a problem delivering.
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