Re: [Off Topic] Software load balancing question

Thanks, Pound sounds pretty awesome - looks like it'll do exactly what
I need.. Thanks!

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com> wrote:
>> Hi guys, in my typical "ignore the rules when I have an audience of
>> smart techie people", I thought I'd poll the group about software load
>> balancing.  I know next to nothing about it, but I'm deploying my site
>> (built on Postgres 9.0 now!) within the next few days and at least
>> want a simple solution.
>>
>> I'll be running a load balancer on a cheap, 256MB virtual server
>> instance running whatever flavor of Linux.  I want something super
>> simple to setup, but perhaps something with more advanced features if
>> I want to expand.  I don't really need sticky sessions, or SSL
>> support.  The site is new and won't have a huge load, I just want to
>> be "prepared" in case I get flooded unexpectedly.
>>
>> Am I best off just using Apache with mod_proxy_balancer, or should I
>> check into solutions such as HAProxy or IPVS?  Anything else good out
>> there that people can recommend?
>
> A friend of mine recommends Pound.
>
>> Another "nice to have" would be a solution where the load balancer
>> could serve up static resources such as jpg, png, js/css files, and
>> only forward dynamic page requests to a random web server.  However, I
>> might move those files to a CDN anyway, so not a huge deal.  Thanks!!
>> Sorry for being off-topic, I'll make up for it somehow.
>
> Build a light apache server and use mod proxy to reverse proxy the dir
> where your dynamic pages come from on a heavy server.
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