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<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi
Noggers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We have a web
application that now needs to be load balanced so additional servers can be
brought online for load sharing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Normally we would
look at appliance based load balancing and split load on least busy target,
however we have a requirement to apply some logic at the load balancer to steer
specific IP Addresses to different hosts in the load balanced
pool.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We are looking for a
load balancer (can be software or appliance based) that can handle a little
logic (Linux + MySQL is what we use) and then steer the incoming
requests to the appropriate web application server.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Has anyone worked
with this type of request ??</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The alternative is
to put another appliance in front of a load balancer appliance, which is not
ideal.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A penny for your
thoughts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=998592402-22052010><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Cheers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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