Re: [CentOS] load balancer recommendation

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Boris Epstein borepstein@gmail.com wrote:

Hello all,

If I were looking for a load balancer to run on a Linux - specifically, CentOS - machine - what would you recommend?

Thanks. Boris.

You need to be more specific about your requirements. There are basic IP-based load balancers such as Piranha, and more advanced layer 7 balancers such as HAproxy. They all have benefits and drawbacks, so without any further requirements, your question cannot be meaningfully answered.

What kind of traffic are you balancing? If HTTP, then do you also need HTTPS support? What about session affinity? What kind of backend application are you using, and will it support balancing as well?

❧ Brian Mathis