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.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Mike Christensen <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > -- > To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion. > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
