Server Redundancy

Wed Aug 6 18:18:39 UTC 2003

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Gerald wrote:
> 
> vrrp on FreeBSD is supposed to be a free solution to allow machines to
> watch each other and take over IP addressing if connectivity is lost.
> Depending on how remote your IP blocks are and how much control you have
> over the routing equipment in between, your only choice may be a
> commercial solution.
> 
Two things to keep in mind: VRRP is not a load balancing solution, it is a 
failover solution and (AFAIK) VRRP only operates within-network.


allan
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