Re: [squid-users] uninteruptable proxy

Hi,

Consider using VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 and FT.

I have successfully used, tested and demonstrated VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0
and VMware FT services performing web scanning and proxy services. In
the demonstration simply pull the power plug or "reboot" one of the
ESX/ESXi servers. The time to switch to the secondary system was in
the ms range - many times simply pinging the devices the switch was
not detectable.

In each test - all sessions remained active - including download of
data / files such as ISO images, or streaming video.

Each server running Squid was CentOS based, running latest kernel,
including VMware tools. At the time I was using Squid 3.0 (exact
version I cant recall, but it should not matter).

Let me know if you need any further information.

Best Regards,

Alex

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Muhammad Sharfuddin
<m.sharfuddin_at_nds.com.pk> wrote:
> peoples in my organization do online bidding, and if browsing
> interrupt/disconnect for any reason(e.g hardware failure) and restore
> within a 50 or 60 seconds.. their session terminate/disconnect, and they
> lost.
>
> we need uninteruptable web/proxy services. we need Highly Available
> Proxy Infrastructure/Services
>
> what are the possible solutions
>
> does following are the options
> 1, Clustering Squid (I think session will break)
> 2, Clustering two virtual machines, and virtual machines are running
> Squid, so if one host machine downs/crash, the other host machine
> continue running squid (I think in this case, session wont break,
> because the other host machine will run the same squid)
>
> please suggest/recommend
>
> Regards
> --ms
>
>
>
>
>
Received on Mon Jan 04 2010 - 04:56:07 MST