Hi all: Is there a solution to get Linux in cluster for the FTP service? Thank You, Martin.
SuSE seems to recommend "heartbeat" for HA clusters. "heartbeat" is also known as Linux-HA. IIRC, it is included and supported in SLES. There are also many other Linux clustering solutions. Some of them are listed at: http://lcic.org/ Greg -- Greg Freemyer
* Greg Freemyer (freemyer@NorcrossGroup.com) [030509 13:36]:
SuSE seems to recommend "heartbeat" for HA clusters.
"heartbeat" is also known as Linux-HA.
I don't know if we'd recommend that for ftp though. It's hard to imagine the address take-over and things like that working properly with a complex protocol like ftp since you have two connections (the data and the control) plus all the complications of passive versus active mode. Of course, I'm not a cluster person so I don't really know for sure. Hopefully Lars will have time to answer. In the past we've used load-balancing routers and round-robin dns for ftp.suse.com when needed. -- -ckm
In the past we've used load-balancing routers and round-robin dns for ftp.suse.com when needed.
It's be worth looking into a Linux Virtual Server (LVS) arrangement - www.linuxvirtualserver.org I believe the kernel modules involved are included in the SuSE kernel now, and there is documentation on how to implement a variety of services using it. -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.2). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
* James Ogley (james@usr-local-bin.org) [030509 15:24]:
In the past we've used load-balancing routers and round-robin dns for ftp.suse.com when needed.
It's be worth looking into a Linux Virtual Server (LVS) arrangement - www.linuxvirtualserver.org
It's not worth the trouble for ftp.
I believe the kernel modules involved are included in the SuSE kernel now, and there is documentation on how to implement a variety of services using it.
Yes, but even the LVS faq admits that probably very people use it for ftp. -- -ckm
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