Re: Raw socket based load balancing

any load balancer operating at layer 4 should be able to handle a tcp  
connection, including Linux virtual server (LVS).  the only question  
would be whether multiple tcp connections are related to each other,  
which can cause problems (such as the FTP protocol with its wacky bi- 
directional ports).

Tony


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On Nov 18, 2009, at 10:51 AM, "Chris Kirby" <[email protected]>  
wrote:

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> We are soon writing a custom connector that will handle the setup,  
> flow, and teardown.
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> This connector will be spread across several servers located behind  
> the load balancers.
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> Are the protocol details important for the load balancer? We'd  
> ideally like to be able to just forward the tcp port through to the  
> real server as a raw socket connection without any regard to its  
> contents.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
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> Subject: Re: [load balancing] Raw socket based load balancing
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> Any more specifics on the protocol?  What’s the connection setup, fl 
> ow and teardown.  What’s the payload format?
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On  
> Behalf Of Chris Kirby
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:54 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [load balancing] Raw socket based load balancing
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> We are currently using a pound/haproxy combination to load balancing  
> incoming http/https connections.
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> We however have an upcoming requirement to load balance incoming raw  
> socket connections with a proprietary protocol. I don't think pound/ 
> haproxy will work for this since they are proxy servers and is  
> therefore drive by standard protocols.
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> Does anyone have any other recommendations on what open source load  
> balancing apps we could use?  We may require session persistence as  
> well (yet to be determined).
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> Regards,
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> Chri
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