Re: achieve server redundancy

["Alan Sparks" <asparks@doublesparks.net>]

Well, you can do DNS round robin, creating a name with multiple A records
with each server's address.  Can be helpful.

A better way is to use a load balancing switch, like an Alteon or F5
switch.  Or look at the Linux Virtual Server project at
http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/

Usually, you can load balance slaves effectively, but you'll need to have
a single master online to handle actual update traffic.
-Alan

> Hi guys,
>
>     Is there a way that I can set up a system with multiple LDAP servers
> so that when one LDAP server is down, the system can automatically
> direct client's request to other servers? I'm thinking if there is
> no way to set up a system like this, then probably each client needs
> to maintain a list of available servers then tries one by one to
> achieve this goal.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kent


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Alan Sparks, UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator    <asparks@doublesparks.net>