Re: squid and high availability

[Chris Robertson <crobertson@xxxxxxx>]

Jakob Curdes wrote:
> Sure. I am running such a setup. You can couple services like squid to 
> the availability of an IP address. The IP addresses are then handled 
> by heartbeat and only on the host having the right IP squid is 
> started. Works almost perfectly. I have one important remark: Linux HA 
> is not exactly "install-and-run". I strongly recommend to test the 
> approach in a non-production setup and emulate the failures you want 
> to circumvent. Otherwise, many strange things may happen. I can give 
> more details if interested.

Consider me interested.  I've had a bit of experience with heartbeat and 
Zen (that was a fun learning project) and am looking to turn my visible 
pool of servers into a single front end.  What causes you to qualify 
your statement about how well it works?

> Yours,
> Jakob Curdes

Chris