Implementing a Linux Virtual Server [30 mn de lecture - paru le 9/19/2005 11:38:59 AM - Public : Expert]

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Vincent BEDNAREK Elève-Ingénieur Supinfo Paris Promotion SUPINFO 2005    Lui écrire    Tous les projets de cet auteur    Le mini-CV de cet auteur

Resume

Nowadays, companies require a constant need relating to their platform availability. In front of current competition, they cannot impose network cuts and must ensure a minimal effectiveness with respect to their customers.

Among all solutions able to answer this need, I propose to present in this article one of them: It is a free system of load balancing.

It is this type of system which we will try to set up in this tutorial.

Sommaire

• Introduction
• 1. Load balancing and Linux Virtual Server (LVS)
• 1.1 What is load balancing ?
• 1.2. LVS presentation
• 1.3. Various types of load balancing
• 2. Various algorithms of LVS
• 3. Linux Virtual Server – Installation and configuration
• 3.1. Scenario
• 3.2. Network topology
• 3.3. Round Robin Algorithm
• 3.4. LVS installation
• 3.5. Current installation problems
• 3.6. Load balancer configuration
• 3.7. Tests
• Conclusion
• Bibliographie