[Zope] suggestions for what to run in front of ZEO'ed zopes for
failover?
Bill Anderson
bill@libc.org
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:12:33 -0600
Roman Milner wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can suggest something good to run in front of
> 2 zopes talking to a zeo server - for failover and load balancing. I
> have been using a tool called 'balance' which works really well - but
> for failover it only works if the socket to one of the zope servers
> doesn't connect.
>
> We occasionally have a situation where the socket will still answer
> but the zope server hanges and never returns an answer. So, I'm
> looking for something with configurable timeouts on responses. Does
> any one know of anything like that?
You didn't specify the platform, so I'll suggest a nice, cost-effective
one:
Linux with IPVS (IP Virtual Server). www.linux-ha.com has more
information.
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