Anyone know of a hardware load balancer that can load balance my apache and mysql using one device? I mean right now I can use the ultra monkey for the load balancer the cluster mysql. But I want to go hardware.
I was thinking of F5 BIGIP? will that work? anyone know Please give me some choices..
Im currently looking around for a Load Balancer within the budget of about £2,500
Anyone have any suggestions?
Will that budget get me one that will do the job or would I be wasting my money and should maybe save up some more cash?
Setup:
2x Web Servers
1x DB Server
1x Storage / Media Servers
*Expanding to 3/4x Web Servers, 2x DB Servers, 2x Storage / Media Servers*
I have been looking at:
F5 BIG IP D25 Load Balancer
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and
F5 BIG IP D30 Load Balancer
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But im unsure on what the difference between these are? as I cant seem to find there specs and what they can / cant do..
Anyone know of a good load balancer for Linux that is able to not only distribute load evenly amongst many servers, but one that's able to allocate servers based on the resource?
For instance:
I want www.mysite.com/dogs to be load-balanced between servers A, B, and C.
I want www.mysite.com/cats to be load-balanced between servers X, Y, and C.
Is there any such solution available?
Something with a failover load balancer that you can assign a static IP address to and it'll sit in front of a number of lowend virtual private servers.
I have two servers that I run in Los Angeles (used to host gaming servers for a small community I run) for personal use that seem to be a little jumpy with server performance.
Would a load balancer help with this situation?
And for the n00b question, what exactly is a load balancer.
Very new to hosting servers, so I appreciate a gentle response
I wish to build a load balancer on a linux box that will load balance http/https/smtp/pop3 and ftp
what technologies i need to look at?
I'm using Virtuozzo on two server.
1) Can I do this with only ONE Load Balancer?
I wish I could have many "LB", like one for the WWW serveur, an other one for the DB serveur, my "personnal" VPS without LB...
i.e. :
WWW -> SRV1 SRV2
DB1 -> DB1 DB2
EXCESSNET -> EXCESSNET1
Do I need 3 LB to do this or I can do it with only one? The screenshot of Barracuda LB seem to show many "virtual LB", so I guest it's a yes?
2) So... it's service only?
On the Barracuda and some page, they are talking about "service" and not "server" LB. Can I LB a whole serveur ? Like all service from an IP xxx.xxx.xxx.234 to a server ? Or I can only do "HTTP -> SRV1" "DNS -> SRV1"? If no, what happen to service that the LB didn't know (like cPanel)?
3) An Internal Network? what About cPanel?
According to my search, LB are working like this:
EXTERNAL IP of SERVICE (xxx.xxx.xxx.200) -> INTERNAL IP SERVER 1(10.0.0.25), INTERNAL IP SERVER 2 (10.0.0.26)
So, I need to configure the server with an Internal IP cause else, it will conflit on the "local network". The probleme is, cPanel will be using the "Internal IP" to make all of his configuration... so if a user add a new website, he will configure it with 10.0.0.25, this won't since the external IP will be xxx.xxx.xxx.200 and Apache won't anwser to this virtual host. What can I do?
Can I do this ? (same internal IP as the external?)
EXTERNAL IP (70.234.125.123) -> SERVER 1 INTERNAL IP (70.234.125.123), SERVER 2 INTERNAL IP (10.0.0.26)
If yes, I will configure the second serveur without cPanel and only sync the configuration and files. So in case of "crash" of the server 1, cPanel won't be working, but website won't be down...
We are planning for a clustering archirecture for our mail servers,The basic idea is put all of mailservers behind a load balancer which will monitor and distribute the n/w load as server load and forward the requests accordingly can u suggest any good hardware loadbalancer which could give us 'server load balancing' as well as n/w load balacing.
I would also like to know if it is a good idea to go for a software load balancer(like linux heartbeat) or to h/w load balancer.
traffic has been surging lately and is expected to continue surging. i am already on the fastest chipset my webhost has.
current configuration
single server (centos), webserver (apache), single filesystem. many dynamic pages (perl script) but no mysql database. no php.
ideal configuration
multiple webservers (apache), single file system.
assuming my scripts do not write to the filesystem (read only), what do i need to install or do in order to send a request for www.domain.com to server1.domain.com or server2.domain.com or server3.domain.com according to the load of each? it should look the same at the front end. anyone know what i need to get?
if it is possible to hide the Barracuda Load Balancer signature in headers ?
If you check here : [url]
or do a telnet 80 to that same FQDN and send "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" + "RETURN" you will be able to see in the headers the server signature (BarracudaHTTP 1.00).
Is there any way to hide this?
I'm trying to find a solution but without any result so far,
This is the story:
We have too server in Israel, in one server we have:
Win 2003 STR that use for IIS (IBM RAID 5)
And in the second we have:
Win 2003 STR + SQL SERVER 2005 workgroup.
After 1 year running in Israel we like to go out to the world with our products.
This is what I think we need to do but we still don't figure how to that:
1. Still use the same server in Israel.
2. Buy more server outside Israel, Lets say UK and set a Load Balancer between the server in UK to Israel (both IIS and SQL).
3. In the Load balancer we like to set that if the user come from europe you will go to the server in UK and if he come from Israel you go the server there.
4. If one of the server we be go down all the the users will sends to the server outside there country.
5. In the future we like to add more server in the world on the same setting.
What do you say? how can I do something like that?
What company are dealing stuff like that?
I have a setup where Apache connects to a F5 load balancer which in turn balances between two jboss app servers.
Apache using mod_proxy -> F5 (hardware load balancer) -> 2 jboss application server
It uses jsessionid. I sometimes get 500 errors for the post methods. I think the request goes to the incorrect jboss server because of the F5 load balancer. Everything works just right when I shutdown one of the jboss app servers.
I am thinking of using a Load Balancer + serveral VPSs solution.
Is there any good recommendation ? It would be great if the hosting company can provide the load banlancer for free.
I am using single Apache HTTP Server (2.2.23) as a Load Balancer with two IBM Websphere application server nodes (other machines). I have deployed the simple text based helloWorld application and it works fine with load balancer. But When I deploy the real application that contains images,css file , java script file. It loads the page without images and show me simple text and gives me the following Exception on error_logs and similar kind of exceptions
[error] [client 192.217.71.77] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/application, referer: http://192.168.141.17/application/faces/test.jsp
Interestingly, when I access the application without load balancer, it also works fine.
Here are the load balancer settings
Spent a lot of time on this and out of ideas so would appreciate any help. There is one site (database driven forum) with about 300 online at the peak. At peak the load spikes at 6-7 and CPU and RAM usage are very low...
Server:
Intel QuadCore Xeon X3360 2.83Ghz
6GB RAM
Additions:
eAccelerator
Zend Optimizer
A little bit excited as the Barracuda is coming soon...
We have 1 forum server, and it's being access internally by all the classrooms, students, teachers, etc. How should I approach this setup? The current hostname for the forum machine is forum... how should I setup the cluster? forum2?
I have a short question concerning Mod Balancer and Stickiness:
At the moment I am achieving stickiness with a cookie.
Header add Set-Cookie "ROUTEID=.%{BALANCER_WORKER_ROUTE}e; path=/" env=BALANCER_ROUTE_CHANGED
However, I am getting complaints by users which do not allow coockies in their browser settings that my page does not work properly.
Is there any way to achieve Stickiness with out cookies (e.g. add the information to the URL or something like that)?
I'm using mod_proxy_balancer in Apache 2.2.29 with OpenSSL on Windows to distribute HTTPS requests to two other back end servers, both of which are also Apache 2.2.29 with OpenSSL on Windows.
DumpIO shows that the requests are being decrypted on the balancer, and then sent unencrypted to the two workers. I would like to have the requests pass through the balancer without decrypting there, and let the two back end worker servers do the decryption. Is that possible? If so, how?
When I tried simply disabling SSL on the balancer, the requests fail, with nothing logged at all.
I'd like to start an ongoing thread here listing the 'Good Hosters with Good TELEPHONE tech support'. In other words, out of the 1,000s of host companies, this may cut it down to less than a dozen.
( And for all you Hosters out there who really want your company to grow, and want to know how, - it's easy: just read here.)
Good telephone support is the #1 ultimate requirement, because:
-It's a lot faster and easier for both the user and the host company, because you can state and answer all questions and clarifications on the spot, you don't need to continually pass new emails with new questions and clarifications, back and forth for days on end, until the issue is solved. It saves tech time and user's time. And saves a lot of nerves.
- It's the best way to sort the good guys from the bad. A bad company isn't going to bother to answer the phone, - or will make you wait way too long, - because they are likely getting endless complaints. The good guys are always ready to answer the phones, with a friendly voice, - because they really WANT to please the customer.
- If a company can't be bothered to pick up the phone, we can't be bothered to even consider them. They're a joke, and so won't be listed here on this thread. (So, before adding or listing any Hosters here, please verfify that they do have Good, quick, friendly, telephone support,; ideally 24/7, but 9am to 10pm might be acceptable, if it was supplemented by some emergency contact.
AND:
- Hoster ALSO needs good EMAIL support (and preferably, Chat online, extended hour availability). (I spend a lot of time overseas). It sems all emails should get a non-automated response within about an hour, - and then support should jump on fixing any problem.
I only need support a few times a year. To answer some questions, or fix a problem, or do an install. That's lesss than 1 hour total, so any company paying maybe $18/hour tech support should be able to handle this. It IS reasonable to charge a custm for extended calls, beyond say, 90minutes a year, IF you don't count the 80%? Of times an issue is the Hoster;s fault of stmg gone wrong, and don't count the 'hold' times.
ALSO IMPORTANT:
- Uptime
- site Speeds
- Monthly plans, no contract (Only a dishonest host will try to force you into a contract, where they can then ignore you.)
- Reasonable price. (? Maybe $12 to $18/month for a basic business site. We don't need massive bandwitdths, - we all know that's an overselling scam, and can't ever be delivered.)
- a good upgrade plan of bigger options. Maybe even VPS.
- Dedicated IP, and availbility of SSL
-PHP 5, mysql, phpMyAdmin, etc
- cPanel ( Some Hosts are using problematic panels, like Hsphere, which are slow to load, slow in operation, require many more clicks, have too many options, spread apart on many separate pages. Time is money, and this really slows down the ability of a small business to manage his own site in effective time. For example, one WHT user wrote somewhere: "I don't feel that HSphere's interface is nice at all, although I have worked with cPanel and DA all my life... I just found it to include un-necessary features or split features up in to different hard to find pages, such as backups - mysql backups you had to find on a completely different page than file backups, and then there were options to have it in the home directory or server-end backup, in which then you had to wait a good 10 minutes before it was ready. cPanel, just hit backup and hit download and instantly it does everything you need...".
I have used several hosters. Currently on Aplus.net and Godad, which have phone support, and mediocre service.
My LIST So Far:
- Liquidweb: a very impressive company with good, 24 hour support. But to get dedicated IP, you need to go with their $25/month plan. Yikes!
- NewIdeaHosting.com. A very small company. My call was returned, and the owner chatted with me for an hour on the phone! Plans have small bandwidth, but promises No overselling, and personalized attention. Extra $5 for dedi IP. He specializes in Small business sites, and small eCommerce sites. He has only 250 accounts, on 3 servers. He rents servers from the Equinox data center of Chicago. Seems exceptionaly honest.
- MegaHosters. Excellent phone support and WHT reviews. But company was taken over by another company, and so may well go downhill in future. Another problem: uses Hsphere.
- Steadfast. Has a good rep on WHT, and seems impressive. Tech answered the phone immediately, but they say they prefer emails. Sales phone has limited hours. Good price on $20 SSL. But, uses Hshhere.
- JodoHost 24 hour phone. But, uses Hsphere. An Indian company with office in Florida, and good rep. I like the idea of outsourcing phone support, if it makes it more available and affordable. But, the accent on the phone was very hard for me to understand, so maybe this might not work.....
- Hostgator. Yes, it's a big overseller, but seems to get good reviews/results anyway, and good phone support.
- ? ThePrimeHost ?? Mostly good WHT reviews; some dissenters. Site says 24hour phone, but when I called on several nights, no one ever answered...
- Can anyone add to this list? Please list only hosts that meet the above minimum requirements of phone support, etc. Especially useful is hosters you've tried.
TO AVOID:
- Avoid Arvixe. I had a horrid experience with them, here: [WHT forum]:/showthread.php?p=5097822#post5097822
- Avoid WebHostingBuzz. This company never returned my phone msessage inquiries.
I've been having trouble with my VPS for a while now. In the QoS alerts page in Virtuozzo it seems to be a problem with numtcpsock and tcprcvbuf, mainly numtcpsock.
Copy these into the browser:
i18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/gnatfish/qosnumtcpsock2.jpg
And when i run cat /proc/user_beancounters:
i18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/gnatfish/beancounters2.jpg
This line is particularly scary:
numtcpsock 164 164 166 166 7321
What do i need to do, to get the website running again? It's only one site on the vps a proxy. So i thought a vps would be able to handle one proxy.
Anyone know of some good server load testers ( commercial )?
Im not looking for application based load testing, I need real web server load testing... need to see how much traffic this one site can take before it cries.
Any experience with Good Avocado and their reseller plan?
What about Thinkhost, good avocado is partnering with?
Wind and solar energy, it sounds all good, the reseller plan is awesome.
Any real life experience?
I'm having the oddest issue. For some reason, some of the websites on my server load fine, and some take a really long time to load (2 minutes).
Now, the server load is fine, and the size of the sites aren't the issue either. I've restarted Apache and a couple more services, and still the same sites seem to load very slow.
What could be causing this since it's only effecting certain websites?
I would like to know how to check load via ssh and check files causing load?
I want the ssh codes for 2 different set of control panels, one with cpanel+whm and other with kloxo+hypervm
and I would also know how to check the files causing the load, such as some files could have been interrupted while processing, so they could be causing load some times, so I want to stop such processes if any are running on the vps on my friends accounts
I have dedicated servers - which are overkill as I only host 10 sites (small). I am now looking to move to a VPS solution and would like to know if anyone can recommend a good UK company (that offers true UK hosting) with good uptime and support?
Cpanel and Unix VPS, but may also require windows vps - so a company that offers both will be beneficial, but long term view to migrate over to Linux
does anyone have any views of The NY Noc they could share with me, before I shift my site over there (and hope for the best) ?
I know they've been around a while, but I heard some bad stuff about their VPS servers,
I want to make sure I'm going for some good hosting..
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I searched and didn't find anything.
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