> avi at myphonebook.co.in wrote: > >> Is this the end of the road, for installing apache as a service with ONE >> public IP >> address?? > > You sure you have the right solution? Using RHCS for web serving > seems really complicated, I would use a load balancer instead. Myself > I have most experience with F5 gear but there is LVS on linux(never > used it). With load balancers you can often offload things like > SSL, compression, etc. It makes life much easier for scaling, since > you can have multiple systems serving content for the same public > IP, and add/remove more at will, really trivial to manage. > I've worked with a competitor of F5, Radware, and their load-balancing appliance was quite good. I would NOT recommend trying to use IBM's Tivoli WebSeal, which does software load balancing and Other Stuff.... mark