Re: [squid-users] Alteon + squid

Hi,

After trying for the past few days, seems like I've no luck with the
Alteon domain redirection/load balancing.

Our current implementation is such that all Squid boxes (>10) are load
balanced by the Alteon. We are thinking of using Squid to forward requests
to separate Squid pool based on domain.

  | Alteon |
     / \
  |Squid| |Squid| layer 1
     | \ / |
     | \ / |
     | / \ |
     | / \ |
  |Squid| |Squid| layer 2
   .com !.com

Essentially, the first layer Squid will only examine requests and forward
to second layer Squid. However, we are yet to test the load and
latency of deploying this architecture. And, ultimately, we need to
find out whether this will bring significant benefits (hit rate).

So, squid guru, any input on such an implementation?

Rgds,
Wei Keong

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Wei Keong wrote:

> Ya, have done testing based on the examples in the documentation. But, it
> doesn't seem to work.
>
> Understand that it will not affect Squid in anyway, just want to see if
> anyone has more info on Alteon.
>
> I am also looking into using CARP to do url load balancing/redirection
> (eg. separate .com and !.com). However, I am not sure if it will be bottle
> neck for request processing. Do you know of successful implementation of
> large-scale CARP? Besides, L4-7 switch and CARP, is there any way to do
> url load balancing/redirection?
>
> Rgds,
> Wei Keong
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>
> > The Alteon documentation should contain quite detailed descriptions of
> > how it works and how to set it up.
> >
> > Note: This does not really affect Squid in any manner. Is just a
> > method to get the requests to the correct Squid server.
> >
> > Regards
> > Henrik
> >
> >
> > On Sunday 14 July 2002 17.02, Wei Keong wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am working on url load balancing squid boxes using Alteon
> > > AceDirector. Unfortunately, there isn't much resources/docs
> > > available.
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried Alteon url load balancing before? Is there any
> > > forum/discussion group on this? Where can i find more info?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Wei Keong
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 17 2002 - 01:47:55 MDT