Posted on: 06-11-09 11:27:58
Does anybody have experience of load balancing of web servers. I have to decide the followings:
-If to use software or hardware load balancers considering cost of implementation.
-Load balancer should be able to handle DOS attacks by doing handshaking at TCP level rather than putting load on the web server itself.
Which option I should be following considering both pros and cons.
NOTE: Expected http calls = 2 millions per day.
not sure if load balancer will/can handle DoS. It is not meant to do it. Put Firewall in front of Load Balancer to counter DoS.
Cisco ASA n 11000 series together will work.
Software load balancer (Microsoft NLB) will strain servers.
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Mumbai Maazi Ladki ...
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Originally posted by Maharaj
not sure if load balancer will/can handle DoS. It is not meant to do it. Put Firewall in front of Load Balancer to counter DoS.
Cisco ASA n 11000 series together will work.
Software load balancer (Microsoft NLB) will strain servers.
Thanks.
I will look further into software solution (As mentioned by u like Microsoft NLB). Hopefully it will serve the purpose as the http calls are not huge (Just 2M per day)
np ...
you'll have firewall in front anyways - so DoS can be taken care at that level.
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Mumbai Maazi Ladki ...
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Originally posted by Maharaj
np ...
you'll have firewall in front anyways - so DoS can be taken care at that level.
Thanks
