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Quick and Dirty Performance Testing With Apache Bench
Posted on February 5, 2009 | No CommentsIf you need a quick and dirty way to throw some load onto a load balancer/ADC or web server, Apache comes with a great tool called Apache Bench. Since it’s an HTTP client, it will of course work with any server, not just Apache-based servers.... -
Alteon and AMC Pacer: Beloved, Odd Looking
Posted on August 8, 2008 | No CommentsI was on a run in my new home of Portland, Oregon when I came upon an AMC Pacer parked on the street. And I thought, how like the old Alteons the AMC Pacer is. They’re both rather odd looking, and have a rather fanatical... -
3 Things You Need To Know About Etherchannel
Posted on July 10, 2008 | 1 CommentEtherChannel is a strange creature. It’s generally known as a way to load balance Ethernet traffic over multiple links. Need more than 1 Gigabit of throughput, but don’t have 10 Gigabit interfaces yet? Then bond two Gigabit links together in an EtherChannel link, and you’ve... -
Same Sunbet Problem
Posted on May 8, 2007 | 2 CommentsOne of the most common problems that afflict load balancing situations is the “same subnet” problem. This is when a client tries to browse a Virtual Service/VIP from the same subnet as the real servers. Lately, I’ve seen this come up on the mailing list.... -
Doin’s ‘A Transpirin’
Posted on April 13, 2007 | 1 CommentHappy Friday the 13th, everyone. I have a couple of quick items, that I think those following the SLB market might find interesting. * Another SLB vendor has hit my radar, a company called A10 Networks. They have a Layer 4-7 load balancer from the... -
Powerpoint on Database Load Balancing for Flickr
Posted on March 28, 2007 | No CommentsI posted this in reference to a question about load balancing database servers. It’s a PowerPoint given at a PHP conference in ’05 given by John Allspaw of Flickr. It’s quite a good read, and talks about challenges that they faced when massively scaling an... -
Daylight Savings Time fix for older F5 BIG-IPs
Posted on March 7, 2007 | No CommentsOn March 1st, a user asked the asked a question about what they might do to fix the DST problem (Daylight Savings Time), since it’s changing this year, for older F5 BIG-IP systems that were out of contract and ineligible for code fixes. Steve Lothspeich... -
From The Mailing List: FWLB
Posted on February 27, 2007 | No CommentsOccasionally there are posts on the Load Balancing Mailing List that bring up very interesting issues that are worthy of particular note. So, from time to time, I will be highlighting certain posts on the LB Digest. Recently member Cihan Subasi posted an interesting question...