[AusNOG] Web Application Load Balancer recommendations

[Darren Moss]

Hi Noggers,
 
We have a web application that now needs to be load balanced so
additional servers can be brought online for load sharing.
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.
 
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.
 
Has anyone worked with this type of request ??
 
The alternative is to put another appliance in front of a load balancer
appliance, which is not ideal.
 
A penny for your thoughts.
 
Cheers.
 

Regards, 
 
 
Darren Moss
General Manager, Director
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[e] Darren.Moss at em3.com.au [w] www.em3.com.au <http://www.em3.com.au/> 
 
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