Re: [squid-users] squid and high availability

From: Chris Robertson <crobertson_at_gci.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:16:16 -0800

Jakob Curdes wrote:
> Sure. I am running such a setup. You can couple services like squid to
> the availability of an IP address. The IP addresses are then handled
> by heartbeat and only on the host having the right IP squid is
> started. Works almost perfectly. I have one important remark: Linux HA
> is not exactly "install-and-run". I strongly recommend to test the
> approach in a non-production setup and emulate the failures you want
> to circumvent. Otherwise, many strange things may happen. I can give
> more details if interested.

Consider me interested. I've had a bit of experience with heartbeat and
Zen (that was a fun learning project) and am looking to turn my visible
pool of servers into a single front end. What causes you to qualify
your statement about how well it works?

>
> Yours,
> Jakob Curdes

Chris
Received on Fri Aug 29 2008 - 00:16:23 MDT

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